Earth Science

The reefs surrounding Tutuila, the largest island of American Samoa, had long been regarded as quietly resilient. Although the region...

Northern Pakistan is heading for a hotter, more built-up future, according to a new modeling study that projects the region's...

In the rural districts of Northern Uganda, where drought-prone landscapes and post-conflict recovery have long shaped daily life, a quiet...

The air at Accra's busiest traffic intersections is far more toxic than the city's average air quality readings suggest, and...

Microplastics have turned up in yet another corner of the global food system, and this time researchers have paired their...

Every mining company lives with a quiet deadline: the moment its mineral tenure expires. New research now shows that this...

Heavy metals leaking from mining operations into farmland are among the most stubborn environmental problems on the planet, and a...

Expanded polystyrene, the familiar white foam of coffee cups and packaging, has quietly become one of geotechnical engineering's most promising...

Beneath the jagged limestone peaks of southwest China lies one of the planet's most abundant—and most elusive—reservoirs of fresh water....

The coastal waters stretching from northern California to British Columbia have long been known as a dynamic boundary where rivers...