All indications are that Green House Gas (GHG) emissions are causing higher global temperatures and climate change. Records ...

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Human activities are altering and accelerating the rate of change, threatening our wetlands’ continued existence.

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

Pollution is leaking into the bay waters from creeks bearing nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater treatment plants, septic tanks and fertilizer runoff from the surrounding watersheds.

For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed ...

of the planet’s water resides. In the case of the East African Rift, scientists will have a prime opportunity to watch seismic activity, and the land itself, to learn more about how the continents ...

This 2023 satellite photo shows the heart-shaped Spirit Lake, which was transformed by the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St.

AI has been used for countless reasons to protect our planet: from systems created to monitor illegal logging in West Africa, ...

Graham Lawton One would have to live off the grid and never go outdoors to honestly believe that the health of our planet—land, air, and water—is just fine and the future is bright.