Scientists discover that microbes that had lain dormant in the seafloor for millions of years can revive and multiply.
Human-caused seismic activity was reduced by as much as 50 percent around the globe during lockdowns as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
A jar left soaking in an office sink helped scientists answer a century-old question of whether bacteria can use manganese for energy.
A giant underground gyroscope array has taken its first measurements of how the world goes ’round.
New simulations add to growing evidence that an asteroid strike, rather than the Deccan Traps eruptions, caused the end-Cretaceous extinction.
Siberia’s six-month heat wave during the first half of 2020 would not have happened without human-caused climate change, researchers find.
Releases of the heat-trapping gas methane from human activities have ramped up in the 21st century, especially in Africa and Asia.
Unwanted electronic waste is piling up rapidly around the globe, while collection and recycling efforts are failing to keep pace, a new report shows.
June’s record heat in Siberia is part of a much bigger picture of dramatic climate change in the Arctic.