Climate (not humans) shaped early forests of New England

A new study in the journal Nature Sustainability overturns long-held interpretations of the role humans played…

Physics shows that imperfections make perfect

Northwestern University researchers have added a new dimension to the importance of diversity. Click…

Female chimps with powerful moms are less likely to leave home

In chimpanzee society, males spend their entire lives in the group where they were born, cooperating…

Ozone-depleting substances caused half of late 20th-century Arctic warming, says study

A scientific paper published in 1985 was the first to report a burgeoning hole in Earth’s…

XMM-Newton maps black hole surroundings

Material falling into a black hole casts X-rays out into space – and now, for the…

Barometric pressure in London 'highest in 300 years' at least

High pressure at Heathrow Airport reaches 1,049.6 millibars – a record for the UK’s capital. …

Researchers solve protein structures to fight asthma

Biophysicists from the MIPT Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have teamed up…

How bitter cold winter blasts and a warming planet will chew up the Lake Michigan shoreline

On a tucked-away South Shore beach, there once were cool shallows to swim and buried shells…

Pyrenees glaciers 'doomed', experts warn

Glaciers nestled in the lofty crags of the Pyrenees mountains separating France and Spain could disappear…

Miami sets ambitious emissions goal: carbon neutral by 2050. How to get there isn't clear

With sea level rise already lapping at its door, the city of Miami made its first…