Around the world, there are pools of water filled with nuclear waste waiting for their final resting place. 

Thanks to a wet summer, water levels rose in this ephemeral lake in Western Australia.

Powerful thunderstorms moving through eastern Texas and western Louisiana spawned several tornadoes, including some that caused major damage.

Researchers using vegetation data to explain moose population dynamics run into a hidden variable and a possible signature of history.

A new study led by Loughborough University has revealed that lake burial of organic carbon has increased three-fold over the last 100 years in response to human disruption of global nutrient cycles.

Researchers from Swinburne and the University of California, Davis examined the carbon isotope composition of tree-rings to compile the first comprehensive global database for water-use efficiency

An invasive species first identified in the Mediterranean Sea just eight years ago is likely to become a permanent feature of the region, a new study suggests.

Brown bears abound on this Alaskan island, parts of which have seen both widespread clear-cutting and forest regrowth in recent decades.

A team of geologists led by the University of Colorado Boulder is digging into what may be Earth’s most famous case of geologic amnesia.

Microplastic contamination has been identified in Antarctic sea ice by an Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led research team, including researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division.