Focusing on regions of North America, Europe, and Asia where wind power is on the rise, the researchers analyzed wind speed records collected between 1978 and 2017 from more than 1,400 weather stations

The fires that raged across the Brazilian Amazon this summer were not 'normal' and large increases in deforestation could explain why, scientists show

Geoscientists can reconstruct the climate of the past by analyzing dripstones—and they can also draw up prognoses for the future

A Niels Bohr Institute study shows that hurricanes have become more destructive since 1900, and the worst of them are more than three times as frequent now than 100 years ago

Writing in BioScience, members of a worldwide coalition of scientists argue that too little action has been taken on climate change

While the dramatic loss in production is a major cause for concern, the scientists are hopeful that this research will help producers find potential solutions for feeding the world

Previously, the oldest complete ice core provided data back to 800,000 years

Research findings show for the first time that the unique structures on Martian landslides could have formed at high speeds of up to 360 kilometres per hour due to underlying layers of unstable, fragmented rocks

Switch to natural gas would save 12,000 billion gallons a year by 2030; switching to solar or wind power would yield even greater savings

Texas A&M researchers found that Mars has undergone wet and dry periods and salt lakes formed similar to some found in South America

UD researchers find fish give 'fins up' to printed coral models

Scholars warn attention needed to make wastewater potable and ensure public safety nationwide against emerging threat of antibiotic resistance