In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

As lightning strikes across the world, some scientists wonder if it plays a hidden role in Earth’s energy balance, hinting ...

Urbanization has increased the surface urban heat island (SUHI) effect. This study uses local climate zones (LCZ) and urban built environment characteristics (UBECs) to explore the factors influencing ...

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed lauded the event as a long-overdue effort to confront the global debt crisis while ...

Climate scientists say ‘extremely warm’ weather is becoming more normal, with the balance is being tipped from ‘unusual’ ...

Scientists uncover signs that Earth’s resilience to carbon emissions may be unraveling faster than climate models suggest. A ...

Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment ...

The Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, has been covered in an unexpected layer of snow. In this area, rain is ...

In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, thousands of informal workers collect scrap metal from illegal dumpsites to survive ...

In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, thousands of informal workers collect scrap metal from illegal dumpsites to survive ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

The Founding Fathers who gathered in Philadelphia to adopt the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 picked a nice day ...