New research reveals frequency of glacier detachments from mountain rock.

As part of a laboratory experiment, Rebecca Holmes examined water bottles that had been acquired from abroad expecting to find bisphenol A (BPA), a human-made component commonly found in polycarbonate plastics used to make consumer products.

Forget diamonds—plastic is forever. It takes decades, or even centuries, for plastic to break down, and nearly every piece of plastic ever made still exists in some form today.

Following several explosive eruptions on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, volcanic ash poses myriad hazards in the air and on the ground.

The landscape of the Quilian Mountains exhibits layer upon layer of spectacularly colorful rocks.

Solar panels also benefit the welfare of the lambs by providing shade.

Researchers found that shaded corals recover more quickly from heat stress than corals with no shade.

A ship’s container lost overboard in the North Atlantic has resulted in printer cartridges washing up everywhere from the coast of Florida to northern Norway, a new study has shown.

More juvenile fish have been using the rapids restored by NOAA and partners on the St. Marys River, according to a recent study.

The Southern Ocean dominates the oceanic uptake of human-made CO2. But how much carbon dioxide can it actually absorb in the future?