The ocean has long acted as a stabilizing force in the climate system, quietly drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere ...

James Dyke is an associate professor of earth system science and assistant director of the Global Systems Institute at the ...

To understand how global warming could influence future climate, scientists look to the Paleogene Period that began 66 ...

Breathing while running is a learned skill that takes time and practice. If you know how to do it well, you’ll run better and stronger.

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests that microscopic plastic pollution is reducing the ocean’s capacity to ...

A new leaf imaging system lets scientists watch plant stomata control water loss and carbon uptake in real time.

A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find ...

The venture-backed firm recently left the Engine incubator in Cambridge to open a 25,000-square-foot office and research lab in Hood Park.

How a forest soundscape installation aims to help people make sense of forests and climate through listening, not screens.

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. The town hall in Akranes, on the west coast of Iceland, filled quickly as locals streamed in to the residents’ meeting. The mood was happy, positive, ...

Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP When astronomers search for planets that ...

Artificial light is growing across the planet faster than almost any other human influence. Once limited to towns and highways, that glow now touches roughly one quarter of all land ecosystems. The ...