Several studies have looked at lake ice quantity and its duration, but there is little research on the quality of the ice which directly corresponds to how safe it is to venture out on.

August 2024 was Earth’s hottest August in NOAA’s 175-year climate record.

The system produces ethylene, an important ingredient of many plastics, with much higher efficiency, yield and longevity than competing systems.

The sea surface temperature in the Fijian archipelago in the southwestern Pacific is now at its maximum for more than 600 years.

Glaciers seem like stoic monuments, resting quietly among alpine peaks.

First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the National Wastewater Surveillance System to support SARS-CoV-2 monitoring in September of 2020.

Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species.

Biotechnology-based pesticides, which aim to control pests without significantly affecting non-target species, are being developed as a promising alternative to traditional chemical treatments.

The world is set to install a third more solar capacity this year than it did in 2023, surpassing forecasts by both industry experts and independent analysts.

While agriculture producers apply nitrogen fertilizer to supply nutrients to their crops, they can’t always keep those nutrients in the soil for maximum efficiency, often losing them into the atmosphere or water supply as nitrates and nitrous oxide.