Microplastics, tiny particles of plastic that are now found worldwide in the air, water, and soil, are increasingly recognized as a serious pollution threat, and have been found in the bloodstream of animals and people around the world.

The system uses satellites to spot areas of concern – including those at risk of "tipping points" – and can also measure the success of conservation and restoration efforts.

The Bering Sea is the most productive ground fishery in the world, particularly for salmon, halibut and shellfish.

Does the Philippines’ astonishing biodiversity result in part from rising and falling seas during the ice ages?

In their study, the team investigated various properties and the genetic material of 916 wild and domesticated rye plants from different regions in Europe and Asia.

Every spring, migratory birds arrive in the continental United States from south and central America to breed. 

• New research shows rail systems around the world could be harnessed to help mitigate climate change and clean our air of CO2

Prompt action by scientists recovered sensors drifting across the Atlantic Ocean that held data on a seabed sediment avalanche that travelled 1,100km.

A cool pocket climate around the snout of a glacier could help researchers predict how forests will respond to fast climate change, according to the authors of a new 166-year case study of a rapidly advancing and retreating glacier in Alaska.

Rising annual temperatures and dwindling yearly precipitation across the mid-latitudes of Central Asia have extended its desert climate 60 miles northward since the 1980s, says a recent study led by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.