MIT engineers show how detailed mapping of weather conditions and energy demand can guide optimization for siting renewable energy installations.

The new method could help slash carbon emissions in hard to reach industries like aviation and road haulage.

Trees and disease: Public health measures to fight malaria—including insecticide-treated bed nets—lose effectiveness as deforestation rises.

Glaciers have historically determined the boundary between Italy and Switzerland in the Alps.

Many recent studies assume that elderly people are at particular risk of dying from extreme heat as the planet warms.

Amid all the changes in Earth’s climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception.

The Arctic is shaped by its cold, harsh climate and limited daylight hours during winter. But the typically frigid region is warming about four times faster than the rest of the planet, which has facilitated more transportation and increased development.

Microplastics are an environmental hazard found nearly everywhere on Earth, released by the breakdown of tires, clothing, and plastic packaging.

Scientists have revealed that Europe’s native oyster ecosystem has declined to the extent that it has ‘collapsed’, highlighting the importance of ambitious restoration initiatives.

A team of scientists has created a new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future soft materials are constructed.