Purdue University researchers have created a chemical conversion process that could allow polyolefin waste into useful products, such as clean fuels and other items.

As an agricultural amendment, gypsum has good amounts of calcium and sulfur and helps with soil stability.

Scientists from five European countries have joined forces to develop next-generation 'chemical noses' to remove industrial pollutants from the environment.

The Amazon rain forest isn’t necessarily a place that many would associate with a drought, yet prolonged dry spells are projected to become more prevalent and severe because of climate change.

If the forecast calls for rain, you’ll probably pack an umbrella.

Permafrost is soil that remains frozen for two or more consecutive years.

Tropical Cyclone 12S has developed east of the African island nation of Madagascar.

Scientists have discovered a way to clean oil-soaked soil and make it fertile again.

Researchers who detected the West Nile Virus (WNV) in Pakistan for the first time are calling for urgent, coordinated surveillance to assess the distribution in the country of the virus known to cause deadly neurological disease.

For all their destructive power, most volcanic eruptions are local events.