El Niño and La Niña, Explained
If you follow the weather — and who doesn’t? — you will hear about El Niño and La Niña from...
If you follow the weather — and who doesn’t? — you will hear about El Niño and La Niña from...
These phenomenal stock returns are awkward, to say the least. The long-term needs of the planet are clear, if the...
NEW DELHI: The International Solar Alliance (ISA) on Friday said it would provide aid of up to $50,000 to 11...
WASHINGTON — Worsening conflict within and between nations. Increased dislocation and migration as people flee climate-fueled instability. Heightened military tension...
Meaningful social interactions are critical to an individual's well-being, and such interactions rely on people's behaviors towards one another. In...
University of Rhode Island researchers Andrew Davies and Coleen Suckling say that when a major hurricane churns up storm surges...
In pursuit of batteries that deliver more power and operate more safely, researchers are working to replace the liquids commonly...
In research that could inform future high-performance nanomaterials, a University of Michigan-led team has uncovered for the first time how...
For the second year in a row, the climate pattern known as La Niña has developed in the Pacific Ocean,...
An international team of experts, including researchers from the University of Adelaide, has highlighted that the illegal and unsustainable global...
Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere are warming six times faster since 1992 than any other time period in the last...
Fossil footprints found in an Australian coal mine around 50 years ago have long been thought to be that of...
The first-ever Africa-wide assessment of great apes -- gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees -- finds that human factors, including roads, population...
Tap water produces a natural protective shield against harmful microplastics, which can help prevent household products such as plastic kettles...
To borrow a line from the movie "Jurassic Park:" Dinosaurs do move in herds. And a new study shows that...
A team led by Southwest Research Institute has updated its asteroid bombardment model of the Earth with the latest geologic...
While analyzing some of the world's oldest coloured gemstones, researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered carbon residue that was...
SYDNEY, Australia — At a time when climate change and those who fight it demand that coal be treated like...
JERUSALEM: Israel's new environmental protection minister has set some ambitious goals: She believes she can use her office to play...
SACRAMENTO: Californians rejoiced this week when big drops of water started falling from the sky for the first time in...
WASHINGTON: Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published Wednesday. The annual reports...
NEW DELHI — Unseasonably heavy rainfall has destroyed crops, washed away bridges and killed dozens of people across India and...
Fossils trapped in amber provide a unique snapshot of the anatomy, biology, and ecology of extinct organisms. The most common...
Throughout Earth's oceans runs a conveyor belt of water. Its churning is powered by differences in the water's temperature and...
New research on dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and A. nevdensis) shows select members of the colony will experience brain changes...
The sharpest knives available are made of either steel or ceramic, both of which are human-made materials that must be...
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries beforehand, although exactly when has...
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will not attend a United Nations climate summit later this month that...
Because of their useful surfactant properties, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been massively produced for non-stick coatings, water-repellant fabrics...
VENICE: After Venice suffered the second-worst flood in its history in November 2019, it was inundated with four more exceptional...
LONDON — Two weeks before a global summit on climate change that some fear is already foundering, Prime Minister Boris...
SAKHALIN ISLAND, Russia — Sixteen wind turbines are slated to go up amid the winding coast and wooded hills of...
A new study reconstructs the path of frozen trees as they made their way across the Arctic Ocean over 500...
A spinal cord injury damages the lines of communication between the body and brain, impeding the signals that drive movement...
Tangles in unwound DNA can create mutational hotspots in the genomes of bacteria, according to a new study by the...
NEW DELHI: India is ranked at the top in emissions related to crop burning, accounting for 13 per cent of...
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas, with 300 times the warming ability of carbon dioxide. Due to fertilizer...
An exciting new solar material called organic-inorganic halide perovskites could one day help the U.S. achieve its solar ambitions and...
Plastic is 84 per cent of all rubbish found across Australian beaches, a UNSW-led study based on one of the...
Amphibians are bioindicators of an ecosystem's health and may also serve as biological control of crop and forest pests. The...
NAIROBI: Africa's rare glaciers will disappear in the next two decades because of climate change, a new report warned on...
CANBERRA: A net zero carbon emissions target by 2050 would be a "great positive" for Australia if it can be...
Fever, headache, confusion, seizures, amputations or death. Meningitis is a very serious brain infection that can affect the body in...
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have identified a chemical compound that may be suitable as an active agent...
A new study published today in Nature Neuroscience has uncovered neuronal circuitry in the brain of rodents that may play...
At the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, much attention will be focused on China. As the world's...
Marsh plants, which are ubiquitous along the world's shorelines, can play a major role in mitigating the damage to coastlines...
Understanding how proteins bend, twist, and shape-shift as they go about their work in cells is enormously important for understanding...
Animals that migrate north to breed are being put at risk by ongoing climate change and increasing human pressure, losing...
KOLKATA: The Met department on Monday forecast torrential rain owing to the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over West...
Michael Regan, the E.P.A. administrator, wants to limit a class of chemicals that has been linked to cancer and is...
JAKARTA: The European Union's head of climate change policy said that returning to using dirty energy from coal during the...
The variety of humble algae that cover the surface of ponds and seas could hold the key to boosting the...
The genus Allium contains about 1,100 species worldwide, including many staple foods like onion, garlic, scallion, shallot and chives. Even...