If wind and solar power continue the rapid growth they achieved over the last decade, rising by 20 percent annually until 2030, the global electricity sector will do its part to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C, according to a new report from climate think tank Ember.

From birdsong in the rainforest to whale calls in the oceans, the world is losing the variety of sounds that enriches life. 

From snowflakes to sunflowers, starfish to sharks, symmetry is everywhere in nature. 

The day after lead author Daniel Winstead approved the final proofs for a study to be published in Ambio, the journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Russia put its nuclear forces on high alert.

CICERO scientists have now developed a new method to reduce fluctuations in calculating rate of global warming

University of Alaska Fairbanks students will return to several Bristol Bay communities this year to continue quantifying and mapping widespread coastal erosion.

Earthworms introduced into northern North America have a negative impact on the insect fauna above ground. 

If life is abundant in the universe, atmospheric methane may be the first sign of life beyond Earth detectable by astronomers. 

Thirty years ago, on the flanks of a volcano in California’s Sierra Nevada range, trees began to die en masse, suffocated at their roots by carbon dioxide seeping up from the mountain’s depths after a swarm of small earthquakes.

Deserts may seem lifeless and inert, but they are very much alive. Sand dunes, in particular, grow and move – and according to a decadeslong research project, they also breathe humid air.