Rice-led study uncovers relationship between jet stream, atmospheric blocking events

Penn State scientists found patterns in the banding match movement in Earth's orbit that impacted climate in the deep past.

New research finds the Arctic’s oldest and thickest ice is more mobile and is vanishing twice as fast as ice in the rest of the Arctic.

After raising their families in summer, males and females of some bird species spend their winter break apart.

Insects, crustaceans and other water macroinvertebrates are more affected by the effect of sediment accumulation in river courses than the excess of nitrate in water environments, according to a study published in the journal PLOS ONE.

"Every land has its own seed.”

Collecting data is a critical part of doing research. But it can be a lengthy, challenging process, and in some cases — especially when dealing with severe weather or treacherous terrain — it can pose a danger to scientists.

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that anticipated increases in urban land use in the Piedmont region of the southeastern United States will lead to loss of sensitive fish and invertebrate species from thousands of miles of small streams.

Major storm events have short-term impact, but Bay remains resilient in the long run, scientists say.

Geoscientists can reconstruct the climate of the past by analysing dripstones – and they can also draw up prognoses for the future.