Trillions of plastic fragments are afloat at sea, which cause large “garbage patches” to form in rotating ocean currents called subtropical gyres. 

Climatologically quiet, the North Indian Ocean basin has seen an unusually high number of cyclones this year.

Satellite technology helps scientists locate methane sources.

Scientists have successfully captured otherwise emitted CO2, and turned it into carbonate minerals deep underground in less than 2 years.

Researchers from UCLA, Oxford and other institutions analyze 10 different industrial applications for greenhouse gas emissions.

New technique unexpectedly finds that black carbon in rivers and oceans differs significantly.

Scientists unveil new technique that actually destroys synthetic chemical compounds found in groundwater.

October 2019 was rather cool across the contiguous U.S., ending as the coldest October in a decade. The nation’s soggy streak also continued, with a record-wet year to date.

Microorganisms best known for promoting gut health in humans may be the key to saving honey bee colonies from collapse, according to a novel discovery by Western and Lawson Health Research Institute researchers.

The glow of the Milky Way — our galaxy seen edgewise — arcs across a sea of stars in a new mosaic of the southern sky produced from a year of observations by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).