Scientists have found that the air pollution absorbs and disperses sunlight and thereby reduces the amount that reaches the Earth’s surface.

For the past several years, assistant professor Kyle Smith has proven his growing expertise in the field of water desalination, with a range of research results that could address the immediate need to combat diminishing clean water sources around the world.

Researchers use geologic records from deep-sea drill cores to extend our knowledge of the geologic record.

We have been working on the consequences of increasing boreal wildfires since 2004, when a  huge swath of boreal forest burned in Alaska and the Yukon.

As Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida, U.S. Geological Survey field crews are working along a 280-mile stretch of the state’s Atlantic coastline, installing instruments that will track the hurricane’s effects as it comes ashore.

Health warnings printed on individual cigarettes could play a key role in reducing smoking, according to new research from the University of Stirling.

Hurricane Dorian is packing heavy rain as it moves toward the Bahamas as predicted by NOAA’s NHC or National Hurricane Center.

Former tropical depression Erin has made the transition into an extra-tropical system off the eastern coast of the U.S. Infrared imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite provided temperature data on storms associated with Erin and the weather system it is merging with.

The middle of the Earth’s oceans are filled with vast systems of rotating currents known as subtropical gyres.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), addressing carbon emissions from our food sector is absolutely essential to combatting climate change.