Scientists suspect that meltwater from Greenland and excessive rainfall could interfere with the North Atlantic Current

New 96-million-year old turtles from Texas connect North America with Asia and the Southern Hemisphere

A recent study is the first to look at where chemicals in plastic end up after being broken down in a natural system—a yellow mealworm's gut, in this case

Although coastal wetlands cover only about two percent of the ocean surface, they are estimated to sequester more than 50 percent of the carbon captured by the ocean per year

The image may sound like an alien winter wonderland, but the scientists who led the research said it is akin to how rocks form inside volcanoes

For freshwater systems, there is often a lack of consideration as to the optimal sample type for maximizing detection of macroinvertebrates

Method concentrates radionuclides in a small portion of a nuclear plant’s wastewater, allowing the rest to be recycled

Humankind will need to harness carbon capture and storage technologies to help keep global warming to 2 degrees C or less; new research shows that there's plenty of room to store captured CO2—in offshore geologic rock formations

Is there a general rule to identify which species are "losers" or "winners"? And what is the effect of range changes on the biodiversity of Chinese flora?

Using historical data from tide gauges that line US coasts, researchers created an extreme sea level indicator

Method uses synthetic biology to detect dangerous levels of fluoride in drinking water

Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification leading up to asteroid impact