Last month, unusually high winds knocked down 15 giant sequoias in Yosemite.

Archaeologists have a vital role to play in documenting COVID-19 waste but also in informing the policies that may mitigate its longer-term impact, a new study suggests.

Some invasive species targeted for total eradication bounce back with a vengeance, especially in aquatic systems, finds a study led by the University of California, Davis.

Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according to a new study.

Changes in fire patterns have led to seasonal reductions in nitrogen dioxide pollution.

Flash floods, landslides, and power outages plagued the islands after torrential rains fell.

Findings indicate an ice-free landscape in a warmer climate.

As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century.

Largest study of its kind—62 sites worldwide—finds that in most cases economic value is higher when nature is protected or restored, rather than converted.

A new study lead by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science demonstrates that under realistic environmental conditions oil drifting in the ocean after the DWH oil spill photooxidized into persistent compounds within hours to days, instead over long periods of time as was thought during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.