The world of climate modeling is complex, requiring an enormous amount of coordination and collaboration to produce.

Ship emissions in the southeast Atlantic help create more reflective clouds that produce a local cooling effect.

Texas A&M public health researchers studied the correlation between China’s ban on importing plastic wastes and the environmental health of a community near a waste incinerator in Pennsylvania.

An analysis of high-speed raindrops hitting biological surfaces such as feathers, plant leaves and insect wings reveals how these highly water-repelling veneers reduce the water’s impact.

By tracking life-cycle events, average daily temperatures and precipitation, researchers found that some shifts in the timing of plant seasonal life cycle events correlated with temperature trends.

An international team of researchers led by McMaster University has found that while higher heat and humidity can slow the spread of COVID-19, longer hours of sunlight are associated with a higher incidence of the disease, in a sign that sunny days can tempt more people out even if this means a higher risk of infection.

Once a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico, now a tropical depression in the Mississippi Valley, NASA’s Aqua satellite is tracking Cristobal as it continues to generate large amounts of rainfall while it heads toward the Great Lakes region.

The search for renewable energy sources, which include wind, solar, hydroelectric dams, geothermal, and biomass, has preoccupied scientists and policymakers alike, due to their enormous potential in the fight against climate change. 

Each spring, the Canadian Arctic is the site of a fierce battle between water and ice.

The storm lingered over the Yucatán Peninsula for several days.