Floodwaters lapping at front windows, charred buildings in the wake of a wildfire, homes damaged or demolished by heavy winds; the images are by now distressingly familiar.

Many insect pollinator species are disappearing from areas of Great Britain, a new study has found.

When the Arctic warmed after the ice age 10,000 years ago, it created perfect conditions for drought.

As air quality improves, the invisible chemistry happening in the air around us is changing.

How can we save the oceans? They cover two-thirds of the planet, but none are safe from fishing fleets, minerals prospectors, or the insidious influences of global warming and ocean acidification.

Last year, Gizmodo ran a story reporting on evidence that microplastics – plastic fragments less than five millimeters size (roughly a quarter inch) – are moving through the marine food web to top predators.

A new system devised by researchers at MIT can monitor the behavior of all electric devices within a building, ship, or factory, determining which ones are in use at any given time and whether any are showing signs of an imminent failure.

Roughly 34 million people in the United States and Canada rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water, jobs, recreation and more.

We teach our children to treat others as they want to be treated, but what about the world around them? 

Decades in the making, online maps offer unique tool for citizens, coastal managers