The team will identify facilities at risk for flood-induced chemical spills and support efforts to mitigate potential impacts on nearby communities.

Exposure to warm ocean waters is a large threat to the stability of ice sheets.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) embarked on an underwater journey to solve a mystery: Why did sponges of the Agelas oroides species, which used to be common in the shallow waters along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, disappear?

Trace elements such as iron, manganese and zinc are an integral part of the biogeochemical processes on the Earth's surface.

A plant used in traditional Chinese medicine has evolved to become less visible to humans, new research shows.

Scientists have created the first global distribution map for bees, analyzing nearly 6 million public records of where individual species have appeared around the world.

New research from the University of Stirling into the effectiveness of international conservation projects could help to save endangered species from extinction.

An international consortium of scientists has created the first-ever common framework for increasing comparability of research findings on coral bleaching.

Tidal swings here are greater than at any other place on the east coast of Australia.

One of the tallest tsunami waves known to science slammed this Alaskan bay in 1958.