Clouds come in myriad shapes, sizes and types, which control their effects on climate. 

Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases should be achievable using bacteria.

Climate change directly affects groundwater resources. 

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers.

Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that is considered a crucial "missing link" between young star-forming galaxies and the first supermassive black holes.

A dust storm engulfed parts of Iraq for multiple days in early April 2022, turning skies orange, reducing visibility, and degrading air quality.

Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. 

As any resident of northern climates knows, a seasonal thaw is never straightforward. 

Milling rice to separate the grain from the husks produces about 100 million tons of rice husk waste globally each year. 

In a paper published today in Nature Communications, a team led by scientists from the University of California, Irvine, using climate models and satellite data, reveal for the first time how protecting tropical forests can yield climate benefits that enhance carbon storage in nearby areas.