Arsenic levels at a former mining site in the Tamar Valley are posing a health risk to employees and the public using the site, a new study suggests.

Melting of ice in permafrost ground leads to processes of change in the landscape – thermokarst. This may cause faster thawing of the permafrost.

Study: Across North America, warming could shorten snow season.

Researchers find deep-sea microbes that feed on ethane and grow them in the laboratory; what is particularly exciting: The mechanism by which they break down ethane is reversible.

Beneath the ocean’s surface, a virus is hijacking the metabolism of the most abundant organism on Earth. 

Global warming is causing species to search for more temperate environments in which to migrate to, but it is marine species – according to the latest results of a Franco–American study mainly involving scientists from the CNRS, Ifremer, the Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and the University of Picardy Jules Verne¹ – that are leading the way by moving up to six times faster towards the poles than their terrestrial congeners.

Two days of heavy rain led to catastrophic dam failures and major flooding in Midland County.

Estimating the amount of seasonal snow is important for understanding the water cycle and Earth’s climate system, but establishing a clear and coherent picture of change has proven difficult.

This year’s ‘lockdown spring’ is likely to be the sunniest on record in parts of the UK, and may even rank among the sunniest seasons ever recorded – including all the summers.

Kristina Lyons’ new book explores the Colombian world of litter layers, seeds, and soils; Amazonian farmers, narcos, and the War on Drugs.