Climate change might feel like a distant concept—something that is happening somewhere else, to someone else. But the reality is, it’s happening right here, right now. And the science is clearer than ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

Scientists found that large-scale dam building since 1835 shifted Earth's poles over a meter and significantly lowered sea ...

New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics are spread across just the top layer of ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Cutting data climate collection – as the Trump administration is now trying to do – is like breaking a thermometer to avoid ...

Discover the history and importance of Mauna Loa in monitoring CO₂ levels and the impact of defunding climate monitoring ...

A climate analyst has sounded the alarm over skyrocketing greenhouse gas levels and rising ocean temperatures, warning that ...