In late August, Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, made landfall in Louisiana. It was one of the strongest storms to make landfall in the U.S., as measured by maximum sustained winds.

In Texas, mesquite trees are as common as football, thunderstorms and hot summer nights. It is a staple of outdoor cooking and prevalent in almost every part of the state.

A new National Science Foundation-funded survey of six states has found that during the past two months, more people are wearing masks, vaccine uncertainty is on the rise, and many people are overestimating their risk of becoming seriously ill and dying from COVID-19.

In a new climate modeling study that looked at the impacts of accelerated ice melt from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) on future climate, a team of climate scientists reports that future ice-sheet melt is expected to have significant effects on global climate.

In a new study published today in the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers have discovered significant variations in the ability of different UK butterfly species to maintain a suitable body temperature.

Current global pledges to tackle climate change are the equivalent of declaring a pandemic without a plan for social distancing, researchers say.

Nations around the world are pledging to plant billions of trees to grow new forests. 

Hurricane Teddy has transitioned to a large post-tropical cyclone over eastern Canada. 

Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is an impractical public health strategy, according to a new model developed by University of Georgia scientists. 

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method for fast, cheap, yet accurate testing for COVID-19 infection.