America's status as a global science leader is in doubt as the administration freezes funding and targets research that ...

Using mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered that rate-induced tipping, which can happen if an environment changes too fast, can happen even in Daisyworld, a simple daisy-filled ecological ...

Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

Himalayan salt and sea salt contain various trace minerals due to respective nutrients in the soil and sea. Their nutrient ...

Imagine a world filled only with daisies. Light-colored daisies reflect sunlight, cooling down the planet, while darker daisies absorb sunlight, warming it up. Together, these two types of daisies ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

Almost 200 nations have signed an ambitious agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss but none is on track to meet the crucial goal, our new research reveals.

For centuries, the world has accepted the idea that Earth is divided into seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, ...

Societies built on inclusion, social justice and solidarity can more easily scale up investments in policies advancing social ...

Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power their photosynthesis, which may be an evolutionary adaptation to a time when the oceans were iron-rich and green-tin ...

Annual Report, released today, calls for a dramatic uptick in ambition and action for the environment. The 2024 Annual Report ...