Roughly the size of Spain, the Ross Ice Shelf stabilizes major glaciers along Antarctica’s coast — and is at risk of retreating, a new study finds.
There are usually fewer trees in neighborhoods with higher populations of people of color. Planting trees could save hundreds of lives every year.
Journalist Abrahm Lustgarten explores which parts of the United States are most vulnerable to the effects of global warming and how people's lives might change.
Polar ice sheets are melting faster, slowing Earth’s spin. That is changing how we synchronize our clocks to tell time.
New studies show that the long-hypothesized “brown ocean effect” is real, helping to refuel 2018’s Hurricane Florence and other storms after landfall.
New climate data for ancient Italy point to temperature and rainfall influences on past infectious disease outbreaks.
Many aquifers are quickly disappearing due to climate change and overuse, but some are rising because of improved resource management.
New thermal imaging shows how fast numbats’ surface temperature rises even at relatively reasonable temperatures.
A seismic survey of Thwaites’ icy underbelly shows the Antarctica glacier may be snagging on tall rises in land. That could help slow global sea level rise.
New measurements reveal the gunk that surrounds the particles, an important factor in understanding how the ocean sequesters carbon.
