The vast Antarctic Ice Sheet holds more than half of Earth's freshwater. In several places around the continent, the ice ...

Scientists examining seawater from Blanes Bay in the north-western Mediterranean uncovered 26 new bacterial strains that ...

Long-awaited plastics treaty flops, for now Despite around-the-clock efforts from delegates, negotiators and numerous ...

Phytoplankton have been essential Earth life for over 35 billion years. Through photosynthesis, they consume carbon dioxide ...

Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...