What Would Earth’s Temperature Be Like Without an Atmosphere?
If you want to know what the cloud of gas that surrounds the planet is really doing for us, you have to see what the world would be like without it. ..
If you want to know what the cloud of gas that surrounds the planet is really doing for us, you have to see what the world would be like without it. ..
Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement—which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today. ..
A new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems. ..
The World Heritage site in southern Iraq survived Saddam Hussein’s campaign to drain the wetlands. Now they’re drying up, and biodiversity is collapsing. ..
Some ski resorts rely on machines to keep powder on the slopes. But snow guns guzzle water, are energy-intensive, and need cool temperatures to operate. ..
One year later, researchers are still marveling at the power of the Hunga Tonga explosion—and wondering how to monitor hundreds of other undersea volcanoes. ..
Scientists want to pinpoint the technology that marked when humanity became a “geological superpower.” On the short list: the H-bomb and the modern ..
California and many local governments are scrapping requirements that once made cars the center of the urban landscape. ..
The phenomenon threatens local drinking water, and scientists think climate change may be the culprit. ..
More than a million acres of state forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multiyear drought ..