A new study challenges the long-held view that the destruction of Central Asia's medieval river civilizations was a direct result of the Mongol invasion in the early 13th century CE.

The bedrock beneath our feet has a reputation as an inhospitable place. 

A new study, headed by researchers from the ULiège Laboratory of Climatology, applying the latest climate models, of which the MAR - developed at ULiège - predicts a 60% greater melting of the Greenland ice sheet than previously predicted. 

Current and future damages of climate change depend greatly on the ability of affected populations to adapt to changing conditions. 

Developing nations have an opportunity to avoid long-term dependence on fossil fuel-burning infrastructure as they move toward economic stability, even if they are slow to cut carbon emissions, say the authors of a new paper in Environmental Research Letters.

It’s known that the primary cause of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago, was a meteorite impact.

The twin smokestacks of the Moss Landing Power Plant tower over Monterey Bay. Visible for miles along this picturesque stretch of the Northern California coast, the 500-foot-tall pillars crown what was once California’s largest electric power station — a behemoth natural gas-fired generator.

The so-called "rescue hypothesis" suggests many species might successfully adapt to changing conditions, especially those that are flexible in their behaviour.

Antarctic iceberg A-68A has drifted menacingly close to a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

A serious drought has flared up across half of the United States—a familiar story for the past two decades.