A new study has uncovered a surprising climate connection linking sea ice in the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska and...

Mount Everest’s Khumbu Glacier is being warmed by forces far larger than anything happening at the mountain’s crowded base camp....

For decades, meteorologists have watched a vast pulse of thunderstorms circle the tropics, growing over the Indian Ocean, crossing Indonesia...

China’s environmental policies are not producing the same climate and air-quality results everywhere—and a new analysis suggests that treating the...

The world’s data centers are becoming giant furnaces—and researchers now propose using that heat to make more cooling. A study...

The next generation of recycled plastic may not come from sorting everything more aggressively—or from adding more chemicals to every...

Climate adaptation is often described as a race against rising seas, intensifying storms, worsening floods, and ecological disruption. Yet a...

Antibiotics hidden in soil are becoming an increasingly important environmental concern, and new research suggests that the problem may be...

Bioethanol is often presented as a straightforward route away from fossil fuels: grow a crop, convert its sugars or starch...

Cities are often described as resilient when they can absorb a shock and return to normal. But a new study...