Dry lightning can still be disastrous even when conditions aren’t so dry, a study has found. 

Controversial ‘forever chemicals’ could be phased out in Australia under new restrictions. Here’s what you need to know.

NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to provide the launch service for the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission, which aims to give researchers a more accurate picture of the energy entering and leaving Earth.

As climate change causes levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to rapidly rise, scientists have widely believed that the increase might play a role in helping to improve the way plants consume water, known as water use efficiency (WUE). 

In 2022, severe lightning ignited many fires in Alaska.

The whaling industry helped drive industrialization in the 19th century, with whale oil used to light lamps and lubricate machinery.

Farmers around the world could help the planet reach a key carbon removal goal set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by mixing crushed volcanic rocks into their fields, a new study reports.

For the last century, rising levels of carbon dioxide helped plants grow faster, a rare silver lining in human-caused climate change.

Earth just roasted under its hottest July on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Novel approach to measuring microbe activity in wetted soil leads to better understanding of vulnerability, researchers report.