The whaling industry helped drive industrialization in the 19th century, with whale oil used to light lamps and lubricate machinery.

Farmers around the world could help the planet reach a key carbon removal goal set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by mixing crushed volcanic rocks into their fields, a new study reports.

For the last century, rising levels of carbon dioxide helped plants grow faster, a rare silver lining in human-caused climate change.

Earth just roasted under its hottest July on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Novel approach to measuring microbe activity in wetted soil leads to better understanding of vulnerability, researchers report.

Understanding why existing hydrogen fuel cell prototypes degrade can pave the way for more durable cells. 

Antarctica is in the depths of winter, yet the continent is surrounded by much less sea ice than scientists expected for this time of year. 

While past studies have linked fracking to earthquakes, scientists now say the drilling method is also a source of even small seismic tremors.

Maize roots secrete certain chemicals that affect the quality of soil. In some fields, this effect increases yields of wheat planted subsequent to maize in the same soil by more than 4%.

The largest storm in the solar system, a 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone called the Great Red Spot, has decorated Jupiter's surface for hundreds of years.