A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. 

Persistent overuse of water and long-term drought has depleted the Colorado River and highlighted the need for a comprehensive understanding of how waters are allocated and used to develop effective management strategies.

Texas A&M University researchers have developed a more accurate method for tracking reservoir evaporation rates that will improve water planning and management.

As they seep and calve into the sea, melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising global water levels at unprecedented rates.

The sharks we know today as the open ocean’s top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago.

We have long since become accustomed to enjoying tomatoes, cucumbers, berries and melons year-round.

Permafrost soils store large quantities of organic carbon and are often portrayed as a critical tipping element in the Earth system, which, once global warming has reached a certain level, suddenly and globally collapses.

Trout living in rivers polluted by metal from old mines across the British Isles are genetically “isolated” from other trout, new research shows.

Some species may be better able to withstand climate change than was previously thought. 

Important scientific finds don’t always come in the biggest, buzziest packages. Sometimes new discoveries come in little ugly rocks.