NASA has been working to better understand our home planet from the unique vantage point of space since the first TIROS satellites launched in the 1960s. 

A new study led by researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discovered microplastics in krill (Euphausia superba), a small shrimp-like crustacean, and salps (Salpa thompsoni), a gelatinous marine invertebrate. 

The impact of multi-storey building design considerations on embodied emissions, cost, and operational energy has been revealed for the first time. 

Climate change has serious consequences for the environment and people and is a major threat to economic stability. 

A group of natural history museums, organized by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, the American Museum of Natural History Museum in New York City, and the Natural History Museum in London, has mapped the total collections from 73 of the world’s largest natural history museums in 28 countries. 

In response to sustainability goals, the freight rail industry is working to boost the use of lower-carbon intensity fuels in diesel-powered fleets to support global efforts in mitigating climate change.

Salt marshes on the U.S. East coast have accumulated soil more quickly over the past century, and some appear to be keeping pace with rising Waters. But that won’t last forever.

They are small, have a high reproductive output and live in the forests of Madagascar. 

The Greenland Ice Sheet covers 1.7 million square kilometers (660,200 square miles) in the Arctic. 

In summer 2021, a stunning heat wave swept western North America, from British Columbia to Washington, Oregon and beyond into other inland areas where the climate is generally mild.