The jet stream, the narrow band of westerly winds circling the northern hemisphere, is stagnating, giving rise to severe heat across much of the globe, and climate change may be making it worse, a new study finds.

Researchers led by a team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created the first tool to map and visualize the areas where human settlements and nature meet on a global scale. 

Carbon-based materials have several qualities that make them attractive as catalysts for speeding up chemical reactions.

Anyone who has ever perspired on a hot summer day understands the principle — and critical value — of evaporative cooling.

The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we will see moderation of global warming.

A good battery needs two things: high energy density to power devices, and stability, so it can be safely and reliably recharged thousands of times.

If, as the saying goes, "nothing in life is free," then corals might pay a price for being resilient to climate change.

Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. 

We know less about the rainforest canopy, where most of the world’s species live than we do about the surface of Mars or the bottom of the ocean. 

For approximately 3,000 years, generations of green sea turtles have returned to the same Mediterranean seagrass meadows to eat.