A satellite specifically designed to detect new wildfires around the globe is now in orbit. Within the next five years, 49 others will join it. Known as "FireSats", these uniquely outfitted satellites ...

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk, Grist explains. New research, published in Nature ...

Satellite communications for firefighter location and weather data fosters immediate tactical coordination, lifesaving ...

The Trump administration proposed a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system on Thursday in the ...

A new study links 15,000 U.S. deaths to wildfire smoke made worse by climate change, with billions in economic costs.

"Even slight downward shifts in land can significantly compromise the structural integrity of buildings, roads, bridges, and ...

Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the EU's climate monitor said on Thursday, extending an ...

A new study links grazing halo patterns in coral reefs, as well as those in other patchy habitats, to the spatial patterns of the shelter habitat itself. The researchers found that grazing halos are ...

A long period of drought in North America has been recognized by scientists for decades. A new study links the severe climate to a change in Earth's orbit.

A glacier in Antarctica is committing "ice piracy" -- stealing ice from a neighbour -- in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short ...

Pakistan says it downed 25 Israel-made kamikaze drones sent by India as conflict escalates between nuclear-armed nations ...

A glacier in Antarctica is committing "ice piracy"—stealing ice from a neighbor—in a phenomenon that has never been observed ...