Climate change is making extreme weather events, both hot and cold, more frequent across the Great Lakes region. Weatherizing low-income residents' homes is an important way to prepare.

"For 50 years, what's called 'the phosphate problem,' has plagued studies on the origin of life." New research may solve it.

Mars once had salt lakes, similar to some on Earth. Scientists now have an idea as to what happened to them.

Lake Tahoe, one of the clearest, cleanest lakes in the US, shows how that the issue of microplastics goes way beyond the oceans.

The Dead Sea's salty summer "snow" has been a mystery, but new research explains what's going on.

"If we want to preserve our beaches, shorelines, and rivers we need to know which areas are actually hotspots that need conserving."

A new global water map is so advanced that scientists could use them to predict which rivers are most likely to flood during heavy rainfall.

Evidence that the seals in Alaska's Iliamna Lake are one of a kind could prevent a controversial mining project from going forward.

"...not all high-latitude lakes are big chimneys of carbon to the atmosphere," new research finds.