On a brisk November morning in 2018, a fire sparked in a remote stretch of canyon in Butte County, California, a region nestled against the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

A new study published today in the journal Science of the Total Environment provides the first evidence of a mechanism by which climate change could have played a direct role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

Denmark has approved a plan to build an artificial island 50 miles offshore in the North Sea to act as a clean energy hub that produces and stores wind energy , several news outlets reported.

Plastics made from crops such as maize or sugarcane instead of fossil fuels are generally considered sustainable.

Satellite images have revealed that the once colossal A-68A iceberg has had yet another shattering experience.

Aeolus is the first satellite in orbit to profile directly Earth’s winds from space.

Celebrated annually on 2 February, World Wetlands Day aims to raise global awareness about the importance of wetlands for our planet.

Satellite data indicate that snow is melting earlier, changing when and how much the lake is refilled.

The start of California’s rainy season has been getting progressively later in recent decades, and now begins a month after it did just 60 years ago, shifting from November to December, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. 

Australians love their beaches, and now a new study also confirms the broad appeal of other coastal assets such as tidal wetlands and protected areas.