Scientists hope to learn more about the atmosphere of the pre-oxygenated Earth and the conditions in which the first life on Earth lived.

We must be vigilant about emerging issues that could affect our waterways flowing into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

IIASA researchers explored optimal pathways for managing groundwater and hydropower trade-offs for different water availability conditions as solar and wind energy start to play a more prominent role in the state of California.

A new global assessment shows that human impacts have greatly reduced plant-fungus symbioses, which play a key role in sequestering carbon in soils. Restoring these ecosystems could be one strategy to slow climate change.

The Maldives, a small country in the Arabian Sea, is at high risk of being made uninhabitable by rising sea levels.

The season that an earthquake occurs could affect the extent of ground failure and destruction that the event brings, according to a new look at two historical earthquakes that occurred about 100 years ago near Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Most of the cities in Michigan will be dealing with harsh consequences of climate change, and vulnerable groups who are disproportionately affected by it will continue to do so now and into the future, according to a new University of Michigan study.

As soot particles become compact in their journey through the atmosphere, they scatter and absorb light and can affect respiratory tracts.

October 2019 was rather cool across the contiguous U.S., ending as the coldest October in a decade. The nation’s soggy streak also continued, with a record-wet year to date.

In a warmer world, plants could consume more water than they currently do, leaving less for human consumption and activities, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience.