Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...

Despite its tropical climate and floodplain location, Bangladesh—one of the world's most densely populated nations—seasonally ...

Nearly a year after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze U.S. development aid, USAID has permanently closed its ...

Cutting demand is emerging as one of the most powerful and overlooked options for strengthening energy security ...

According to a new study, ocean acidification planetary boundary, endangering marine life and coastal economies.

While crisis urbanism exposes structural vulnerabilities and governance challenges, the authors identify a potential path ...

A Washington Post investigation found that in one of the planet’s most arid regions, extreme rain and floods have become frequent and deadly.

This special report introduces small area estimation as a modern approach for producing reliable, stand-level forest ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

Scientists group these dragon stones into three main types: fish-shaped, hide shaped, and hybrid. Fish-shaped stones tend to appear at higher spots near mountain springs, while hide-shaped stones ...

Far beyond the reach of any probe, astronomers have found a gas giant whose atmosphere behaves less like a familiar planet and more like a special effect from a big-budget space epic. Orbiting a ...

If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chornobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.