The Indonesian government has announced a major expansion of a program to make biodiesel out of palm oil, a move that officials say would necessitate planting 37 million acres of new palm oil plantations — an area one-fifth the size of Borneo.

Scientists are warning that wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases, adding another public health concern to the worsening severity of wildfires across the globe.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers have uncovered how rain and waves act on different parts of coastal cliffs.

California’s Central Valley is fertile territory for fog formation in winter.

According to the study, plants increased by 110 percent, but did not remain green over the summer.

Clovamide presence in disease-resistant chocolate tree leaves may spur novel breeding program

Water vapor is an important medium for the wet growth of particulate matters.

A researcher from MIPT has proposed a new explanation for the Arctic’s rapid warming.

The water levels of the Caspian Sea will be 9 to 18 metres lower than they are now, German and Dutch researchers calculate.

Mussels, oysters and scallops have the highest levels of microplastic contamination among seafood, a new study reveals.