Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic change, disproportionately impacting populations located in the Global South. 

Dozens of Alaska’s most remote streams and rivers are turning from a crystal clear blue into a cloudy orange, and the staining could be the result of minerals exposed by thawing permafrost, new research in the Nature journal Communications: Earth and Environment finds.

Wayne State University researchers are reporting new findings that demonstrate a link between exposure to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in males and health issues in their offspring.

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” have become persistent pollutants in the air, water and soil. 

A new study reveals the extent to which airborne dust in the Southern Ocean is fueling plankton blooms that absorb our emissions.

Researchers at Kyushu University have published a comprehensive analysis on the carbon footprint of constructing a wooden house in Japan.

The discovery of how a critical enzyme “hidden in nature’s blueprint” works by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Newcastle (UoN) could help engineer climate resilient crops capable of sucking far more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a much more efficient way.

Gone from Romania for 200 years, European bison were reintroduced to the Țarcu Mountains, at the southern end of the Carpathian range, in 2014. 

As global temperatures rise to record highs, the pressure to curb greenhouse gas emissions has intensified.

A young whale’s journey across the Mediterranean highlights the many threats facing ocean animals, researchers say.