Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Colorado that massive glaciers covered Earth down to the equator hundreds of millions of...
There’s been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene....
Extreme weather is contributing to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States, suggesting that more migrants could...
Only a few weeks ago, massive precipitation produced by the storm “Boris” led to chaos and flooding in Central and...
Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth’s energy budget, water cycle,...
A recently published study in Science challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth’s ice ages....
Since soon after our planet formed, Earth’s 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something dramatic happened about 500...
New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by...
Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought into an exceptional drought that parched the American West...
The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) in January 2022 ejected about 2.9 billion tons of volcanic material into the...
PFAS are in Miami’s rainwater. And it is the latest evidence the synthetic “forever chemicals”—that have raised health concerns for...
More and more regions around the globe combine economic growth with reducing carbon emissions, researchers from the Potsdam Institute for...