As wildfires grow larger and more frequent across the West, researchers from Colorado, Utah, and California are digging into how smoke affects the air—and our health.

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a piece that was missing in previous descriptions of the way Earth recycles its carbon. 

Illinois once harbored more than 8 million acres of wetlands. By the 1980s, all but 1.2 million wetland acres had been lost, filled in for development or drained to make way for agriculture.

The global water cycle has become increasingly erratic and extreme, swinging between deluge and drought, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Bees do more than just pollinate plants.

Air pollution may be harming children’s eyesight with cleaner air helping to protect and even improve their vision - especially in younger children, a new study reveals.

For years, managing personal hygiene, particularly menstruation and toileting, in the extreme Antarctic environment was often a solitary and unspoken challenge, especially for women and non-binary individuals.

A new mobile research platform designed by Lancaster University scientists to track how carbon moves through UK farmland will support more sustainable, climate-smart agriculture.

As the frequency and intensity of heatwaves increase across the U.S., a similar but more striking phenomenon is occurring in American rivers.

Ice can dissolve iron minerals more effectively than liquid water, according to a new study from Umeå University. The discovery could help explain why many Arctic rivers are now turning rusty orange as permafrost thaws in a warming climate.