Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.

Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.

Refining current opacity models will be key to unearthing details of exoplanet properties — and signs of life — in data from the powerful new telescope.

MIT research highlights the opportunity to rethink global air quality guidelines.

New findings may help explain how Earth’s crust forms, the location of ore deposits, and why some volcanoes are more explosive than others.

Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere

Changes to a key ice flow equation could refine estimates of sea level rise.

If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.

The 3D maps may help researchers track and predict the ocean’s response to climate change.

New results show North Atlantic hurricanes have increased in frequency over the last 150 years.