The Palisades fire ignited around 10:30 a.m. on January 7, 2025, near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. 

Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn’t one of them, according to a new study led by Iowa State University researchers.

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.

Most life on Earth relies on the sun’s energy for survival, but what about organisms in the deep sea that live beyond the reach of its rays?

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.

Daniel Swain studies extreme events.

The partially submerged volcano in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty is called Whakaari/White Island.

New study shows federally controlled reservoirs could host enough energy to power approximately 100 million US homes a year.

Beneath sandy beaches, microbes filter chemicals from groundwater and safeguard ocean health.

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes.