An estimated 5 billion tons of desert dust disperses into Earth’s atmosphere every year. Some of it makes its way to the roof of the world — the Himalayas.

The unusually red and acidic Rio Tinto harbors microscopic life that could inform the search for life on Mars.

Persistent cold temperatures and strong circumpolar winds, also known as the polar vortex, supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole that should persist into November, NOAA and NASA scientists reported today.

High-resolution climate projections could enable a robust adaptation and resilience response.

A new normal is taking shape as a warming planet is changing hurricane behaviors and patterns.

New simulations have provided clues on reducing peat fires, which hide underground and are notoriously bad for human health and the environment.

Plastic waste comes back in black as pristine graphene, thanks to ACDC.

Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks to climate change, according to University of Queensland-led research.

Earth and all the living organisms on it are constantly changing. 

Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies are part of a global team that has found that the smoke cloud pushed into the stratosphere by last winter’s Australian wildfires was three times larger than anything previously recorded.