Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the globe-circling northern jet stream that have caused simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated breadbasket regions–a previously unquantified threat to global food production that, they say, could worsen with global warming. 

Since August a large accumulation of pumice has been drifting in the Southwest Pacific towards Australia.

Scientists say coral reefs on a tiny island in the South Pacific have shown incredible resilience and recovery from a recent but very severe disturbance: a volcanic eruption that created a new island.

In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing carbon dioxide.

Conservation biologists are taking a holistic approach to acoustic monitoring for evaluating the effectiveness of restoration efforts.

SubX, a research-to-operations project, shows promise for improved monthly forecasts.

The findings pave the way for understanding the mechanisms by which vitamin A operates in the brain to translate day length encoding into seasonal physiological and behavioral responses in animals.

In the wake of a potent winter storm in late November in the U.S. Midwest, an unusual pattern turned up in satellite imagery.

The fourth largest man-made reservoir in North America extends from Pierre, South Dakota, to Bismarck, North Dakota.

Fjords and funnel-shaped bays and inlets are often the scene of dramatic tidal changes and sediment loads.