Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, so the study of its natural and anthropogenic biogeochemical sources and sinks is of enormous interest. 

Whether it’s mimicking venomous creatures, or shooting jets of water at aquarium light switches to turn them off, octopuses are nothing if not resourceful. 

Much of a centuries-old debate over where and how new bird species form has now been resolved. 

An analysis of Antarctica’s Pope, Smith and Kohler glaciers by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Houston and other institutions has revealed an aggressive pattern of retreat connected to high melt rates of floating ice in the Amundsen Sea Embayment sector of West Antarctica.

Lithium is powering the world’s electric vehicles, making the metal a key part in the quest to reduce carbon emissions.

Over the past two decades, the Arctic has lost about one-third of its winter sea ice volume, largely due to a decline in sea ice that persists over several years, called multiyear ice, according to a new study. 

Like the circulatory system that helps move blood, carry nutrients and filter waste in the human body, the planet’s river networks are in a very real sense similar conduits that help keep the planet alive.

New research from Global Monitoring Laboratory has identified temperate western Asia and tropical Asia as two additional source regions for the rising emissions of CFC-11 identified by NOAA scientists in 2018.

Scientists found warming conditions in the Pacific (El Niño) resulted in low pressure anomalies in the Gulf of Mexico, and high pressure anomalies that extended into the Caribbean Sea from the tropical Atlantic.

While composting and taking the bus are helpful, we need to change the very systems we live and work in to truly address climate change.