Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts ...

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

A new study in Chile shows how small differences in rock type can drive large differences in erosion, vegetation, and river networks, illuminating the role of mineralogy in shaping landscapes.

Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent.

The area near clouds is often classified as ‘clear sky’, but a new study demonstrates the potential biases of misclassifying ...

A new study provides insights into where the channels that drain subglacial water from underneath the Greenland Ice Sheet are ...

A decrease in pressure ridges over the past 3 decades is making the ice more uniform, with unclear consequences.

Scientists and schoolteachers have teamed up to design training and classroom materials that help educators understand and ...

A new map of climate conditions during the Pliocene epoch—the last time Earth’s carbon dioxide concentrations hit 400 parts ...

Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt ...

Researchers collected soil and ash after the 2020 wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Chemical tests suggested that ...

By analyzing sulfur and volcanic ash entrained in ice cores, researchers pinpointed a caldera in the remote Kuril Islands as ...