Every year around this time, California’s wildland firefighters hold their breath as hot, dry winds threaten to spread flames across the state.

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports correlates higher levels of pollutant particulate matter to higher occurrences of head and neck aerodigestive cancer.

Researchers have found evidence that mangrove forests – which protect tropical and subtropical coastlines – are drowning in the Maldives.

Light from cars, homes, and street lamps may be keeping bees up at night, according to a new study.

New research into the vulnerability of power grids served by weather-dependent renewable energy sources (WD-RESs) such as solar and wind paints a hopeful picture as Ireland attempts to meet its climate emissions targets, with the research showing grids with high penetration of WD-RESs tend to have reduced blackout intensities in the US

The discovery, centred around controlling tiny hurricanes of light and electromagnetic fields, could revolutionise how much information we can deliver over cables.

Pathogens can significantly weaken the fitness of their hosts, sometimes even causing host mortality.

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it’s quieter. Roughly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists estimate that only about a third of the elephant seals normally expected here returned.

Plasmonic photocatalysis breakthrough could enable major industry shift from heat- to light-based processes.

Rainfall induces bursts of natural nanoparticles that can form clouds and further precipitation over the Amazon rainforest.