A team led by astronomers at Leiden University in the Netherlands and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Virginia (U ...

Several lakes worldwide are rapidly shrinking due to climate change, water diversion, pollution, and unsustainable agricultural practices. This decline threatens wildlife habitats, local livelihoods, ...

The idea of terraforming Mars—essentially reshaping the planet to support Earth life—has captured imaginations for decades.

Human activities have significantly impacted Earth, leading to environmental disasters like the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and ...

ETH Zurich scientists confirmed that solid rock flows deep inside Earth, solving a decades-old mystery about seismic waves.

A groundbreaking discovery near the Rio Grande has unveiled an ancient underwater island that could change our understanding ...

Scientists detected signs of a bacteria that can "sicken humans and animals that ingest or inhale it" in the waters of a ...

The Colorado River basin has lost a Lake Mead’s worth of water in the last 20 years — and scientists say we’re passing a "critical point" where pumping groundwater will become too expensive.

Dusty clouds made of sand—that may rain iron—blanket a giant planet orbiting a young, sun-like star just 310 light-years from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. The discovery was made ...

The Bronze Age Xiaohe culture (ca. 1950–1400 BCE) is renowned for its distinctive funerary practices and exceptional organic ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

Ancient carbon thought to be safely stored underground for millennia is unexpectedly resurfacing literally. A sweeping ...