Techniques to reflect an additional small portion of sunlight back into space could help cool the planet if deployed globally, but they cannot address the full range of climate impacts or replace emission cuts, according to a Royal Society briefing.

An international team of researchers have identified three new species of enchanting, pustular, tree-dwelling toads from Africa. Their solution for having offspring away from water?

The new heat-resistant material could revolutionize energy storage, making liquid metal batteries safe for mobile applications.

New research into how East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated.

Rising wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest combined with notoriously volatile timber pricing may lower forestland values by as much as 50% and persuade plantation owners to harvest trees much earlier than planned, a new analysis of Douglas-fir forests shows.

The most sophisticated modelling to date forecasts that under the current global emissions pathway the Great Barrier Reef could lose most of its coral by the end of the century, but curbing climate change and strategic management will help coral resilience.

In just a few short years, artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from a futuristic computing concept to a major part of everyday life.

Much of the Midwest is experiencing drought due to very dry weather in the late summer and early fall.

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth’s climate during the last ice age — by breathing less efficiently.  

Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown a link between the size of cockroach home infestations and the levels of both allergens and endotoxins in those homes, with lowering roach infestation numbers through pest control triggering significant declines in the levels of allergens and endotoxins.