Rain and water in ponds and lakes slowly seeps into the soil, moving through minute cracks to refill underground aquifers....
Wildfires leave potent climate heaters behind in their wake, particles that enhance the absorption of sunlight and warm the atmosphere....
Central Asia, encompassing Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, is one of the world’s largest semi-arid to arid regions. Known...
Greenhouse gases resulting from human activity have been the largest driver of climate change since the mid-20th century—especially from agriculture....
Tropical forests account for more than 50% of the global terrestrial carbon sink, but climate change threatens to alter the...
Cities in the Global South are more exposed to extreme heat because they lack cooling green spaces, new research shows....
Even a single person in the snow can exert enough pressure on it to cause a buried weak layer of...
Securing the world’s water supply is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Research at Stockholm University is now...
Particles in wildfire smoke can lower air quality and harm human health. Smoke aerosols can also influence weather and climate...
Scientists have long been fascinated by the formation of gold nuggets, often found nestled within quartz veins. New research led...
Over the last three decades, California has seen increasing erosion after major wildfires—a phenomenon that not only endangers water resources...
The public could have days or months of warning about a major earthquake through identification of prior low-level tectonic unrest...
