Category: Science/Environment
It's highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: a fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing's Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray diff…
A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that even in the most optimistic scenarios, grass-fed beef produces no less planet-warming carbon emissions th…
Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a report found.
Switzerland-based air quality monitoring database
A group of lobster fishermen can sue one of the world’s largest seafood watchdog groups for defamation, a federal court has ruled, over a report that described Maine lobster as an…
NASA's two stuck astronauts are returning to Earth a little sooner than planned.
The space agency announced that SpaceX had switched capsules for the astronaut flights in order…
Large areas of the planet may become too hot to be habitable during extreme heat events.
Researchers say that even healthy young humans would struggle to maint…
In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a late bloomer.
A native Michigan apple tree, t…
Much of Earth's land is drying out and damaging the ability of plant and animal life to survive, according to a United Nations report released at talks where countries are working…
Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to try to make a dent in its huge carbon…
Electric grids have buckled more frequently and outages have become longer across the U.S. as the warming atmosphere carries more water and stirs…
