Floating fragments of sea ice spun into intricate patterns as ocean currents carried them south along Greenland’s east coast in spring 2024. 

When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. 

A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the Earth’s climate, new research has discovered.

Following decades of decline, even fewer birds will darken North American skies by the end of the century, according to a new analysis by scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Coastal Alaska communities from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta northward will see more of their buildings exposed to flooding by 2100 if they continue developing at the same location, according to new research.

An early summer heat wave brought exceptional warmth to the Southwest in June 2024.

If a material absorbs light, it will heat up. 

Urban green spaces may be harmful despite tree cover providing some protection. 

Sugarcane is the world’s largest crop by biomass yield, providing 80 percent of the sugar and 40 percent of the biofuel produced worldwide. 

A new study finds that more than 50,000 Californians died from exposure to wildfire smoke over a little more than a decade.