People around the world consume rice in their daily diets. But in addition to its nutrient and caloric content, rice can contain small amounts of arsenic, which in large doses is a toxin linked to multiple health conditions and dietary-related cancers.

Long considered pests by forest managers, deer and elk can help Douglas-fir seedlings thrive under certain vegetation management conditions, a five-year study by Oregon State University shows.

Reducing the level of CO2 in the atmosphere will probably require carbon capture. 

North American migratory birds have been getting smaller over the past four decades, and their wings have gotten a bit longer. 

A new study from Swansea University has given new insights into how the greenhouse gas methane is being produced in the surface waters of lakes, which should signal a rethink on the global methane cycle.

Most people spend the majority of their time at home, yet little is known about the air they breathe inside their houses. 

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the South China Sea and provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Kammuri on Dec. 4.

It’s hard to find a place in the U.S. that isn’t impacted by wildfires and smoke.

For years, researchers looking at seafloor sediments would find bits of black carbon along with organic carbon strewn across the ocean floor, but they couldn’t say exactly where it originated. 

New machine learning tool can improve space weather forecasts, understanding of solar data.