Genetics

One of the world’s richest biodiversity hot spots is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon nestled at […]

A flurry of intense and wild swings in climate conditions may have fueled the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history.

One of the widest hurricanes on record slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26 as a powerful Category 4

In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old, and ultimately very important, log. He and his colleagues were digging

Dust pollution is known to contribute to asthma and heart and lung disease. But dust blowing from Utah’s Great Salt

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Flicking the dimmer switch can help some indoor farmers curb one of their biggest challenges: rising electricity costs. Growing crops

The ocean circulation system may not be as bad as previously thought. A vital oceanic artery known as the Florida

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do

Above the cloud tops, storms blow with a complex and frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a