Flowers may look simple from the outside, but inside, they can create their own miniature environments.

The 2026 Lancet Countdown on health and climate change finds rising heat-related mortality, growing pressure on food and water systems, and economic losses from heat. 

Eroding coastlines, fisheries at risk, contaminants like PFAS – researchers from across Duke are innovating to solve these and other water-related issues.

KIT researchers and partners analyze caloric cooling technologies – Nature Review highlights progress, open questions, and pathways toward sustainable cooling systems.

A new modeling study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, suggests that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet may be more resilient to extreme long-term warming than previously estimated. 

The Amazon rainforest in South America is so critical to the health of Earth’s atmosphere that it’s known as the “lungs of the planet.”

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a novel semiconductor that overcomes a key limitation with light-harvesting materials. 

Study reveals battery performance targets for solar stratospheric aircraft.

Washington produces more blueberries than any other U.S. state, but farmers sometimes struggle to obtain honey bees to pollinate the plants and produce bountiful, delicious fruit.

American children are increasingly exposed to air pollution as wildfire smoke becomes more common, and some schools and childcare centers struggle to keep indoor breathing conditions clean, a new national study shows.