At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a ...

On a local level, heavy metal and chemical pollution from unmaintained factories and infrastructure will exert pressures on ...

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the ...

The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests.

Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

New research suggests that about 3.6 billion years ago, Mars featured vast water flows and a lake rivaling the size of the ...

Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles may affect weather and climate by producing clouds in conditions where they ...

On the rocky slopes high above lush pine forests and mountain lakes, a group of researchers have just finished setting up ...

Without something to nucleate onto, such as dust particles, water can be supercooled to temperatures as low ... They reflect ...

Each summer, European tourists descend on Death Valley, following the alleged footsteps of a famed German author. It’s this ...

Only a few weeks ago, massive precipitation produced by the storm “Boris” led to chaos and flooding in Central and Eastern ...

Houseflies can be a challenge to catch and kill, and while many methods exist, some take a while. This strategy is fast, ...