Every year, millions of tires end up in landfills, creating an environmental crisis with far-reaching consequences. 

Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics. 

Researchers from Chiba University and Nagoya University, Japan, have developed a highly accurate land cover map for Siberia, providing insights into climate change and predictions. 

Study reveals for the first time the lipidome composition of mesoscale eddies and their precise role in nutrient transport and the carbon cycle.

Dozens of wildland fires broke out as dry winds swept across South Korea in March 2025.

30-meter sediment core from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize provides longest recorded storm frequency data for the Atlantic.

Pro-environmental behaviour increases among school students who participate in insect-related citizen science projects, according to new research from the University of Adelaide.

Insecticides may help growers hoping to protect their crops from harmful insects, but they also may contribute to a larger amount of some weeds, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State.

For many plant species, flowering is biologically synced with the seasons. Scientists are clocking blooms to understand our ever-changing planet.

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with international partners, have developed a novel approach to addressing uncertainties in ecological and environmental projections, providing a more robust assessment of extinction risk for emperor penguins.