Florida is in for more dead corals, sea rise and floods, says new UN climate report

Oceans have spared the world the worst of climate change, but those days may be over…

How restoring old-growth forest in Washington state could help fight climate change

Standing between nearly uniform rows of hemlock trees, scientist Tiara Moore clutched a tiny vial of…

Journal 'Nature' retracts ocean-warming study

The journal Nature retracted a study published last year that found oceans were warming at an…

Containing a nuclear accident with ground-up minerals

During a three-year Laboratory Directed Research and Development project, a team of scientists discovered and patented…

Helping tobacco plants save water

Research in the Electronic Plants group at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Campus Norrköping, follows two…

A new mechanism linked to premature aging in mother cells

Researchers from the University of Seville and the Andalusian center of Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine…

Climate change and economic consumption

Like many environmentalists, I am impressed and inspired by Greta Thunberg. Her direct and clear message…

New DNA amplification capsule holds promise for fighting diseases

DNA amplification—a molecular “photocopying” technique where genetic material is replicated—has many applications in scientific research, forensic…

Expanding the scale of dangerous weather prediction

A statistical model that better characterizes the changing nature of extreme weather over larger areas could…

Planet Nine could be a primodial black hole, new research suggests

The hypothetical Planet Nine, assumed to be lurking somewhere in the outskirts of our solar system,…