Genetics

Long dry spells can give a lethal fungal disease a lift. While California droughts can temporarily keep cases of valley […]

A flurry of intense and wild swings in climate conditions may have fueled the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history.

This video was supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. TRANSCRIPT Maria Temming: In 2021, a historic heat

Fiddling with the dimmer switch might help some indoor farmers curb one of their biggest challenges: soaring electricity costs. Growing

Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter than once thought.

The ocean’s circulatory system may not be doing as poorly as previously thought. A vital ocean artery known as the

Dust pollution is known to contribute to asthma and heart and lung disease. But dust blowing from Utah’s Great Salt

One of the widest hurricanes on record slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26 as a powerful Category 4

In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old, and ultimately very important, log. He and his colleagues were digging

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do