Researchers have devised a way to accurately estimate the weight of free-living whales using only aerial images taken by drones

Marshes grow shorter, denser stems under high carbon dioxide, which can help them resist sea level rise

Research presented at the 2019 GSA Annual Meeting

Researchers hope the findings will provide necessary data to inform the debate around policies to reduce plastic in the marine environment

Methane is one of the most aggressive climate-warming greenhouse gases, while being also an important energy resource

In 2019, wildfires have already burned 2.5 million acres in Alaska in an extreme fire season driven by high temperatures, which have also led to massive fires in Siberia

The massive 2018 eruption set off an unusual effect: An algae super bloom that stretched for miles and miles

With sea levels rising rapidly, researchers advocate for a managed pull back from coastlines

High-salinity land now unable to sustain plant life could once again be used

Scientists have long suspected that an area of the Earth's mantle, somewhere between the crust and the core, contains a vast reservoir of rock, comparatively undisturbed since the planet's formation

In the Alps and the Arctic, experts confirm the presence of plastic in snow

Recent research finds that the most recent field reversal, some 770,000 years ago, took at least 22,000 years to complete