Considering the greater good by social distancing during a pandemic turns out to have an attractive personal benefit: A new study has found that staying away from others also reduces an individual person’s chances of contracting COVID-19.

Chemical manufacturers frequently use toxic solvents such as alcohols and benzene to make products like pharmaceuticals and plastics. 

The tropical cyclone made landfall near the coast city of Beira, bringing heavy rains to the central region.

When drought hits the Horn of Africa, it's a threat to lives and livelihoods

A NASA airborne study has returned to the field for a second year of science flights to advance the accuracy of short- and long-term climate models.

Launched in 2007, the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, mission is the first detailed exploration of Earth's unique and elusive clouds that are literally on the "edge of space."

In the arid Mojave Desert, small burrowing mammals like the cactus mouse, the kangaroo rat and the white-tailed antelope squirrel are weathering the hotter, drier conditions triggered by climate change much better than their winged counterparts, finds a new study published today in Science.

Twitter has long provided a short, sharp take on the community’s fears, anxieties and experiences. 

The open ocean is a harsh place for newborn fishes. 

Plastics are among the most successful materials of modern times.