Human-produced greenhouse gas emissions are largely responsible for warming our planet, adding excess heat to the Earth.

Overall, Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1880s.

If you asked people which group of animals is the most abundant on earth, hardly anyone would know the right answer.

Posidonia oceanica seagrass –an endemic marine phanerogam with an important ecological role in the marine environment- can take and remove plastic materials that have been left at the sea, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Bacteria are likely triggering greater melting on the Greenland ice sheet, possibly increasing the island’s contribution to sea-level rise, according to Rutgers scientists.

A new study helps reveal what happens to supermassive black holes when three galaxies merge, as reported in our latest press release.

A new study co-authored by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Global Conservation Program and the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Forestry introduces a classification called Resistance-Resilience-Transformation (RRT) that enables the assessment of whether and to what extent a management shift toward transformative action is occurring in conservation.

At cruising altitude, airplanes emit a steady stream of nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, where the chemicals can linger to produce ozone and fine particulates. 

The first COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant changes in urban air pollution levels in major cities around the world, but the changes were smaller than expected – a new study reveals.

With the impact of climate change increasing by the day, scientists are studying the ways in which human behavior contributes to the damage.