Persistent cold temperatures and strong circumpolar winds, also known as the polar vortex, supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole that should persist into November, NOAA and NASA scientists reported today.

A research group at the Texas A&M School of Public Health has found a way to decrease the number of toxic chemicals in drinking water.

New simulations have provided clues on reducing peat fires, which hide underground and are notoriously bad for human health and the environment.

Plastic waste comes back in black as pristine graphene, thanks to ACDC.

Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks to climate change, according to University of Queensland-led research.

In the driest state in the driest continent in the world, South Australian farmers are acutely aware of the impact of water shortages and drought. 

Commercially sold water filters do a good job of making sure any lead from residential water pipes does not make its way into water used for drinking or cooking.

Earth and all the living organisms on it are constantly changing. 

Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies are part of a global team that has found that the smoke cloud pushed into the stratosphere by last winter’s Australian wildfires was three times larger than anything previously recorded.

Alejandra Zubiria Perez, who graduates this month with a master's in geography, focused her UVic studies on grizzly bear behavior.