Scientists are divided on whether to continue investing in local efforts to protect threatened places and populations or shift much of that investment toward global efforts to reduce fossil fuel emissions

Members of one octopus species take variations in skin texture to a whole new level

Modern air conditioning systems consume significant amounts of energy to cool buildings during the daytime, generating significant amounts of greenhouse gases responsible for climate change

A team of experts from the UK and China analyzed emissions from coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass power plants, with a focus on coal-fired power plants as the major contributors to ambient air pollution

The results of a recent study raise questions about whether current surface detection methods allow people living inside a former meth house to understand the extent of contamination that's present,

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

Experiments in a building equipped with thousands of sensors could have answers

Study shows that local management provides a degree of insurance against global stresses, but there are likely higher temperatures that render the insurance ineffective

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

Nanomaterials may be an effective alternative to more widely used, but costly and time-consuming methods

New study finds that some members of the corn family tree are more susceptible than others to yield losses under high ozone air pollution

Texas A&M's Yige Zhang co-authored new study proving Earth's carbon dioxide atmospheric concentrations averaged 230 parts per million for 2.5 million years; today's levels are about 410 parts per million