Stretching for nearly 80 miles across the seafloor of the central Arctic, the Langseth Ridge is craggy, barren, and generally inhospitable. And it should be: Unlike more productive oceans, few nutrients swirl...
Domestic dogs are fertilizing the green spaces where they regularly poop and pee, and not in a good way. Even in nature reserves where dogs are supposed to be kept on leash, a...
Almost anytime physicists announce that they’ve discovered a new particle, whether it’s the Higgs boson or the recently bagged double-charm tetraquark, what they’ve actually spotted is a small bump rising from an...
Lorsque de jeunes étoiles fusionnent à partir d'un nuage d'hydrogène moléculaire, un disque de matériau résiduel appelé disque protoplanétaire les entoure. Ce disque est l'endroit où les planètes se forment, et...
This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In Minnesota, there’s a research farm peppered with wind turbines that, when in full swing, boasts an...
All manner of croaks, chirps, and deep trombone moans permeate Earth's waters, just like the cacophony of sounds that fill its forest air. For example, reefs are surprisingly noisy places, and many of...
When kids and teenagers think about the future, they have an extra burden: They have to deal with more of it than adults. An adult might look at the United Nations’ most...
We don't know how life emerged on Earth, but one thing is certain: life as we know it on our planet wouldn't exist without the water that wraps around the surface, runs...
