Windblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and...
Windblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and...
The unprecedented temperatures in the summer of 2022 caused more than 68,000 deaths on the continent, according to a study...
A team of researchers has made significant strides in understanding the mechanisms behind corona discharges at thunderstorm cloud tops, a...
201.6 million years ago, one of the Earth’s five great mass extinctions took place, when three-quarters of all living species...
There’s a famous piece of advice from hockey, attributed to Wayne Gretzky, about how it’s better to skate to where...
When plumes of magma well up through Earth’s lithosphere, they create volcanoes, islands, seamounts, and other features on the surface....
The warming climate in polar regions may significantly disrupt ocean circulation patterns, a new study indicates. Scientists discovered that in...
The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a...
Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states—more than 20% of the country’s population—may rely on groundwater...
Fast-growing fires were responsible for nearly 90% of fire-related damages despite being relatively rare in the United States between 2001-2020,...
Densely populated coastal areas around the world experience an estimated relative sea level rise (the rise of the ocean with...