Karst groundwaters are vital resources, providing drinking water to nearly 10% of the world’s population. However, human ...

A computer vision technique modified to scan climate model data is helping scientists predict where and when rapid climatic ...

One new study identifies a 17% increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another bolsters ...

One new study identifies a 17% increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another bolsters links between Arctic ice melt and dangerous blizzards.

WASP-121b, an already unusual planet, might have a remote origin that explains some of its peculiar properties—from iron rain ...

Early-warning signs of marsh decline provided by the model could be crucial for conservation. “Once [marsh] loss occurs, that ...

The locations of humpback whale catches in the early 20th century indicate that most climate models overestimate the historic ...

Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates ...

Scientists call for better protection of Antarctica’s vulnerable seafloor ecosystem as ship traffic increases around the ...

Recent reductions in U.S. oceanographic assets are limiting scientists' ability to access vital materials in the ocean.

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, ...