From 6000 BC, the Chinese harvested salt crystals from Lake Yungchen which partially dried in the summer sun. Many other ...

For over a century, the United States and Canada have worked in tandem to manage four of the five Great Lakes that straddle ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

Terrestrial carbon sinks grew by 30% from 1992 to 2019, with most carbon stored in nonliving pools, not forests, prompting a ...

The Natural Resources Committee voted in support of four bills that would eliminate the need for active management areas and ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. By Alastair Bland, After abundant rain and ...

The Greenland ice sheet makes up 80 percent of the world’s largest island. And, it’s melting thanks to human-caused climate ...

Researchers from Chiba University and Nagoya University, Japan, have developed a highly accurate land cover map for Siberia, ...

Life needs sufficient phosphorus. However, the element is scarce, not only today but also at the time of the origin of life. So where was there sufficient phosphorus four billion years ago for life to ...

Through their conservation efforts, The Northwoods Land Trust in Eagle River has preserved over 15,000 acres of land for the Northwoods to permanently enjoy.

Lush, fertile and green, the Laikipia highlands of Kenya are renowned for their beauty and abundant grasses that feed its ...

The hydrological cycle is speeding up as global temperatures get hotter, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like ...