Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem, a new study shows.

Humans began to develop systems of reading and writing only within the past few thousand years.

Satellites can spot some blooms earlier, resulting in significant savings on health care, lost work hours, and other economic costs.

As the wildfire rages in Southern California, an Earth-observing instrument aboard the International Space Station was able to measure its heat and dark smoke plume.

How long can seeds stay alive? That question is crucial for seed gene banks and research institutes working with plants and seeds.

The new system, called AeDES, is expected to help public health authorities identify at-risk areas at least a month ahead of time, improving response and planning operations.

Regional climate models (RCMs) with high-resolution topography and surface characteristics have been widely used for applications from process studies to paleoclimate and climate change simulations.

Gales and rainstorms brought by landfalling typhoons cause extensive casualties and losses of property every year in many coastal areas of the western Pacific.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a machine learning model that could help predict the impact pandemics such as COVID-19 have on fuel demand in the United States.

The glacial history of the Antarctic is currently one of the most important topics in climate research.