When tornadoes touch down, we brace for news of property damage, injuries, and loss of life, but the high-speed wind storms wreak environmental havoc, too.

A newly discovered series of genes related to feed efficiency could pave the way to making cattle farming cheaper and more sustainable.

Four ocean gliders are setting off to sea this week to bring back data scientists hope will improve the accuracy of hurricane forecast models.

On July 16 and 17, 2019, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) collected aerial damage assessment images in the aftermath of Hurricane Barry

Something odd happened in the oceans in the early 20th century.

Salt marshes are important habitats for fish and birds, and protect coasts under sea level rise against stronger wave attacks. 

After Barry made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, NASA’s GPM core satellite analyzed the rate in which rain was falling throughout the storm. 

They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new research shows Joshua trees won’t survive much past this century.

Over the past 22 years, sea levels in the Arctic have risen an average of 2.2 millimeters per year.

NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean after the sixth tropical depression formed.