According to a new study, including paleoclimate data in the development of climate models could help scientists predict scenarios for future climate and propose strategies for mitigation.

Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have discovered.

Dust storms are relatively common in places like the Sahara Desert, but they also happen at high latitudes in places such as Alaska.

Satellite gravimetry data indicates the ongoing drought is the continent's second most intense since 2002.

Global sea level has risen an average of 0.13 inches (3.3 millimeters) a year since satellites began precisely measuring sea surface height following the 1992 launch of the Topex/Poseidon mission.

Greenland and Antarctica are home to most of the world's glacial ice – including its only two ice sheets – making them areas of particular interest to scientists.

Between 2000 and 2015, high-tide flooding in the U.S. doubled from an average of three days per year to six along the Northeast Atlantic.

Metal pollution from historic mining appears to be weakening scallop shells and threatening marine ecosystems in an area off the coast of the Isle of Man, a major new study suggests.

Ants have been farmers for tens of millions of years and successfully solved a riddle that we humans have yet to.

The U.S. Geological Survey has chosen the Illinois River Basin as the next watershed to be studied by its scientists as part of a large-scale effort to better understand the nation’s water systems.