Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring element found across the globe, yet it becomes highly toxic as it accumulates up the ...

Monsoon rains can have devastating effects on communities worldwide. Scientists make grim prediction after witnessing ...

Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

Like ice in a drink, Arctic sea ice keeps things cold – until it melts. Using the same principle, some scientists are ...

When does "anomalous weather" become "a new climate"? The moment that variations in a specific climate variable turn into the ...

In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter's day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group of researchers drill a hole through the ice and insert a hydrogen-powered ...

The paper suggested that intense rain events, like those recorded during the 2018 floods in Kerala or the 2013 floods in ...

Without an ice layer on the ocean's surface, the light penetrating the waters changes, affecting the type of algae and ...

The Arctic is changing – and not just in the ways you might think. Once covered in thick, bright sea ice, the region is now ...

The enhanced Arctic sea ice melt increases mid-latitude waviness and intensifies the circumglobal teleconnection (CGT)-like pattern, while also strengthening the subtropical high over East Asia.