Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow subterranean region between the surface and underground aquifers. 

In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to fight a widespread and debilitating parasitic disease. 

A new study has found that the Great Salt Lake, which has lost 73 percent of its water, is releasing climate-warming emissions.

Winter made a bold—if late—entrance to the mountains in southeastern Australia. 

As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking.

Commercially important marine fish and invertebrate species will likely shift northwards under a warmer climate.

New analyses find that warming is fueling severe hot spells on both sides of the Atlantic this summer, spurring warnings about the need to guard against increasingly dangerous heat.

Wildfire smoke composition varies depending on factors like the type of fuel and whether the fire is smoldering or flaming, says UBC researcher Dr. Nadine Borduas-Dedekind.

Chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for years. Now, an international collaboration of scientists is exploring ways to use electricity to streamline the process.

Solar farms in the UK could bring benefits for nature as well as provide low carbon energy - but unless policies change, potential benefits for nature could be squandered, scientists argue.