Curtin University researchers have discovered that a global ice age more than 600 million years ago dramatically altered the face of the planet, leaving a barren, flooded landscape and clear oceans.

During the summer heatwaves of 2019, glacier melt rates reached record levels. This led to another year of major losses of ice volume, as reported by the Cryospheric Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.

For the past six summers, teams of teachers have met in Superior, Wisconsin, to kick off a week of watershed exploration.

Geologists shed light on relatively young volcanoes of the eastern United States.

Oct. 11, 2019, marks the 25th anniversary of the end of a space mission that transformed the way we use radar to observe large-scale environmental processes on our home planet.

Researchers analyzed decades of satellite imagery to review more data than in previous studies.

Clay minerals suspended in seawater binds sedimentary organic carbon to their mineral surfaces. But the quantity of carbon that is bound and the source of that carbon very much depends on the clay mineral in question.

Scientist confirms that blue geese and snow geese are different colors of the same species.

According to the study, the first plant community, the oldest in the registry studied, was a mixed rain forest with elements of coastal areas.

UCLA-led research examined records dating to 1700s to discover how mangroves expand and retreat with climate cycles.