Filaments of sea ice trace ocean currents, creating swirls visible along the coast of Labrador, in eastern Canada.

The word “vinyl” might sound innocuous, bringing to mind everyday items like LP records, flooring, pipes, or shiny plastic pants.

The new year started off unusually wet across the U.S., with extreme rainfall and flooding impacting parts of the southern Plains.

Communities of microorganisms at the bottom of polar lakes evolved independently from other regions, influenced by the particular geological, biological and climate history of their regions.

Salk scientists find highly conserved ethylene signaling pathway can be targeted to control the direction of root growth, in turn creating deeper root systems that hold on to carbon and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The Amazon rainforest could approach a tipping point, which could lead to a large-scale collapse with serious implications for the global climate system. 

In the 2050s, one-third of the world's rivers could be affected by water scarcity or be polluted by nitrogen. 

This hand-held biosensor makes breast cancer screening fast, affordable, and accurate.

In Greenland, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as across the rest of the world, the icy, rocky landscape is turning increasingly green, a new study finds.

University of Queensland-led research has shown there is more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought, with detailed satellite mapping helping to conserve these vital ecosystems.