Environmental Science

A Cornell research team and international collaborators report first-of-their-kind observations beneath the floating shelf of a vulnerable Antarctic glacier to reveal widespread cracks and crevasses…

Our surroundings are not only our home, but also everything that keeps us alive. It helps us survive by providing us with food, water, air…

The idea that “economics trump environment to save big cats” is a contentious and complex issue, with arguments for both sides. Some ecologists may argue…

Climate change can have a significant impact on the health and distribution of forests in the United States. According to some studies, rising temperatures and…

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake of early Monday morning struck southeast Turkey, close to the Syrian border. Buildings that had already sustained damage were then destroyed by…

Even though carbon dioxide only makes up 0.0415% of the air we breathe, its atmospheric concentration is about twice what it was before the Industrial…

Coral reefs are dependent on sunlight for survival, as it provides the energy source for photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae that live within the coral tissue.…

A graphic depicting the tsunami brought on by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was made public on Monday by…

Ancestral variation is thought to play a role in guiding future environmental adaptations in populations of organisms. Evolution by natural selection operates on the variation…

According to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, the collapse of the ice sheets in West Antarctica is not unavoidable. A multinational team…