Dust storms like this one deliver mineral dust to the Greenland Ice Sheet—and the dark-colored algae that are contributing to its melting. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery In the ...

Artisanal gold mining operations along the Rio Madre de Dios in Peru remove trees and leave behind gravel piles and pools of water. Credit: Ethan Householder For decades, wounds have surfaced in the ...

Rising temperatures may tip Earth systems into states of irreversible destabilization, scientists argue in a new paper. Credit: Eelco Böhtlingk/Unsplash Earth systems may be on the brink of long-term, ...

On Thursday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will join President Donald Trump to announce the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. Credit: The White House/Joyce N. Boghosian, Public Domain Research & ...

Sediment cores collected by instruments such as this one on the back of R/V Neil Armstrong shed light on how the North Atlantic Ocean of the last ice age circulated. Credit: Alice Carter-Champion A ...

The change was caused by thirsty vegetation taking up less carbon than normal, not by the year’s extended fire season, new research shows.

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