Team finds stronger tornadoes in clouds with larger peak areas.

Wetlands are dynamic in nature, growing and shrinking within and between years in ways far less predictable than croplands, forests, or established urban areas.

A new instrument with its eye on the Moon is taking off aboard a high-altitude NASA plane to measure the Moon’s brightness and eventually help Earth observing sensors make more accurate measurements.

There is no running water, no sewage system, and no garbage disposal, but La Rinconada has one resource worth its weight.

Rapid urban development has led to deteriorating water quality and toxic algae blooms.

Monitoring sources of freshwater around the world in real-time is becoming more important as human impacts and climate change increase the threats to freshwater.

An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama was faced with a mystery: How do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same wing-color patterns over and over again? The answer, published in Current Biology, forever changes the way evolution is understood.

University of Tokyo team reconfigures solver, taps into Summit’s AI architecture to accelerate earthquake application.

North Carolina State University researchers have developed what is, to date, the most efficient means of converting sewage sludge and restaurant grease into methane.

Utah and New Jersey state public health officials are now using a NASA-enhanced website that began in California to strengthen mosquito control efforts.