Crevasses cover the surface of Store Glacier in the western Greenland Ice Sheet. Credit: Tom Chudley, Durham University Crevasses in the Greenland Ice Sheet are expanding faster than previously ...

Researchers collected sediment cores near the Ebro delta to trace decades of microplastics trapped on the seafloor. Credit: Lena Heins The world produces about 380 million metric tons of plastic ...

Ten years have passed since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished after departing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with 239 people aboard. Military and scientific personnel spent months combing unexplored ...

At a natural underwater laboratory off the coast of Papua New Guinea, researchers examined what happens to a diverse reef ecosystem as it experiences gradually increasing levels of ocean acidification ...

In Antarctic lakes such as Lake Fryxell, fresh water freezes over briny liquid water. New research suggests that the liquid seawater during “snowball Earth” was up to 4 times saltier than modern ocean ...

From 1948 to 1953, a gold mine called Giant Mine released about 5 tons of arsenic trioxide per day into the environment around Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Emissions declined from the ...

Changes in near-surface air temperatures around the world are one of the most important indicators of climate change. But to fully capture the impact rising temperatures have on people, plants, and ...

Meteorological tsunamis, or meteotsunamis, are long ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band that are generated by traveling air pressure and wind disturbances. These underrated phenomena pose ...

Researchers used paleoclimate data, modeling, and measurements of sea surface temperature to learn more about future climate. They used the Western Pacific Warm Pool, seen here in 2016, as a reference ...

Urban wet islands, where precipitation in or near the city exceeds that of surrounding undeveloped land, are receiving more rainfall than ever. Credit: Matthew Henry/Unsplash Buildings and vast ...

Confidence in science has become increasingly fragmented in the United States across our polarized political spectrum. And overall, the American public is showing declining trust in experts and ...