Developing catalysts for sustainable fuel and chemical production requires a kind of Goldilocks Effect – some catalysts are too ineffective while others are too uneconomical.

A new study which provides a global estimate of rock cover on the Earth’s glaciers has revealed that the expanse of rock debris on glaciers, a factor that has been ignored in models of glacier melt and sea level rise, could be significant.

Ecologists at the University of Turku, Finland, have discovered that the food hoards pygmy owls collect in nest-boxes ("freezers") for winter rot due to high precipitation caused by heavy autumn rains and if the hoarding has been initiated early in the autumn.

Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem, a new study shows.

Humans began to develop systems of reading and writing only within the past few thousand years.

Satellites can spot some blooms earlier, resulting in significant savings on health care, lost work hours, and other economic costs.

As the wildfire rages in Southern California, an Earth-observing instrument aboard the International Space Station was able to measure its heat and dark smoke plume.

How long can seeds stay alive? That question is crucial for seed gene banks and research institutes working with plants and seeds.

The new system, called AeDES, is expected to help public health authorities identify at-risk areas at least a month ahead of time, improving response and planning operations.

Regional climate models (RCMs) with high-resolution topography and surface characteristics have been widely used for applications from process studies to paleoclimate and climate change simulations.