Nitrogen is an essential part of our ecosystem. The nitrogen-based compounds must cycle through air, water, and soil in a delicate balance to make the ecosystem function.

The ice shelves surrounding the Antarctic coastline retreated at speeds of up to 50 metres per day at the end of the last Ice Age, far more rapid than the satellite-derived retreat rates observed today, new research has found.

Climate change could cause abrupt shifts in the amount of vegetation growing in parts of Great Britain, new research shows.

Since air and water quality are linked, researchers expect to see signs of cleaner water in the short term.

Record high levels of greenhouse gas pollution continued to increase the heat trapped in the atmosphere in 2019, according to an annual analysis released by NOAA scientists.

PNNL-led researchers: Conditions that started decades ago are changing forests and are likely to continue.

Co-authored by Texas A&M’s Dr. Peter Knappett, the recently published study examined causes of arsenic contamination in Bangladesh aquifers.

Marine biologists are studying snails and other marine life from Pacific locations to learn more about species facing extinction.

Climate change has contributed to the increase in the number of wildfires across the globe especially in the Arctic.

The clouds that frequently produce severe weather—cumulonimbus—are seen building up during the afternoon over the South China Sea.