Simon Fraser University researchers are zeroing in on how global forestation efforts impact our climate system beyond CO₂ removal in a new study. Forestation, including reforestation and afforestation ...

The dwarf planet Ceres is arguably one of the most overlooked and underappreciated planetary objects in the solar system. This could be because while Ceres has the same dwarf planet designation as ...

A new study finds that tropical areas often thought to be safe from the effects of climate change are actually experiencing significant changes in rainfall and extreme temperature events. The paper, ...

A new historical analysis challenges the received wisdom as to why Chinese characters developed their distinctive square shapes. The work, published in the International Journal of Arts and Technology ...

Where a storm surge strikes along a stretch of U.K. coastline is decided by global climate patterns in the Atlantic, Arctic and even further afield—according to new research led by Cambridge ...

An international team led by researchers at Queen's University Belfast has made a discovery that has eluded astronomers for ...

In recent years, the principle behind the humble ice cream truck has been getting a high-tech makeover. Retailers are ...

When we think about Antarctica, many people imagine penguins, seals and whales. However, the majority of Antarctica's ...

Archaeologists have performed toxicological analysis on the mummified remains of people sacrificed at mountain shrines across ...

A gas naturally produced by our own bodies could one day help treat skin and wound infections, potentially offering a new ...

Mountain snow in the Northeast is different. The region's milder, more humid mountain climate shapes winter conditions that ...

Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM Stem Cell Institute have discovered a group of ...