A new study found that when red tides began in early summer and continued into the fall, low oxygen areas—or dead zones— were more likely to also occur. T

In a village in Kachin State, Myanmar, bordering China’s Yunnan province, a day laborer named Naw had earned just enough in the sugarcane and cornfields to feed his family of six before pandemic-induced border closures left him struggling to find work.

Temperatures deep inside the Earth are so high that part of its iron core is liquid. This liquid iron is in constant motion, continuously churning and circulating.

The ongoing drought in the U.S. West is expected to persist through this summer, raising the risk of water shortages and wildfires.

The yellow-billed hornbill, cousins of fan-favorite Zazu from The Lion King, faces local extinction due to the climate crisis. 

A new study provides a framework to boost crop growth by incorporating a strategy adopted from a fast-growing species of green algae.

Atmospheric researchers from the international CLOUD consortium have discovered a mechanism that allows nuclei for ice clouds to form and rapidly grow in the upper troposphere.

Plants — they’re just like us, with unique techniques for handling stress. 

A new study has found contaminants that were banned decades ago are still imperiling critically endangered California condors. 

Once humans discovered how to tame fire, they began using it for heat, for cooking, to scare away animals and to alter their environs, especially burning areas to plant and to restore grazing land.