Renewable energy that feeds into the main power grid could destabilise the system and potentially cause power failures according to a new study.

An analysis revealed that the cooling effect of Tonga's volcano eruptions would be much smaller than initially thought and not strong enough to overwhelm longer-term global warming tendency.

The Belt and Road initiative, comprising countries in regions such as eastern Asia, central Eurasia, northern Africa and western Europe, is a key region for estimating the carbon sink trends under the target of carbon neutrality.

Acadia National Park is known for its beautiful lakes — and they can tell scientists a lot about the health of the environment.

In a new study of the ecological impacts of hurricanes, an international research team addresses a question that people have asked for centuries: when confronted by a storm, is it better to be resistant like an oak or resilient like a willow?

Selenium – a mineral found in many foods – could reverse the cognitive impact of stroke and boost learning and memory in ageing brains, according to University of Queensland research.

Researchers have developed new technology to protect governments, businesses and other organizations from cyberattacks by monitoring for unusual power consumption.

Danielle Rose works under a pop-up grow tent inside Velocity’s main incubator workspace.

NASA successfully launched the third in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday. 

Today, the newest member of a family of storm-spotting satellites will head to space, carrying high-resolution cameras that will be used in real time to track everything from hurricanes and floods to wildfires and smoke, and even space weather.