Australia reaches hottest summer ever record as vulnerable koalas suffer the consequences.
These fish are jumping onto land just like the fish that eventually evolved into human beings millions of years ago.
Research conducted by the Lima-based International Potato Center was focused on growing the tuber in extreme climates.
By creating a synthetic version of a mineral in a lab, scientists found that the supply of water on the ancient Red Planet could have been far greater.
Officials recorded toxic levels of lead in the drinking water supply of an Indiana town.
The river flows down the Pyrenees Mountains into Andorra and then into Spain.
Scientists looking to measure the snowpack in the Reno, Nevada, area could not gauge the depth due to the record-setting winter.
This lava from Kīlauea, in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, is moving pretty slowly, but don't get too close — it’s essentially liquid fire.
The president directed the Environmental Protection Agency to "reconsider" the rule in an executive order.
A new study based on climate models of hypothetical exoplanets has shown that the presence of hydrogen-spewing volcanoes could expand a star's habitable zone.
It took two-weeks for the spill to be contained.
NASA found seven planets that are 40 light-years from Earth and a few may have water. Three of the TRAPPIST-1 star planets are firmly within the habitable zone.
A new study found that up to 16 percent of the United States' fracking wells spill chemicals and hydrocarbons.
Churchill wrote the essay on the eve of World War II.
The dilemma has become deeper after data from the Curiosity rover showed not enough carbon existed on the red planet 3.5 billion years ago, when its surface had liquid water.
The plastic bags likely caused the whale serious pain and prevented it from eating, according to scientists.
Trump's transition team for the EPA is planing massive budget cuts.
The mud cracks were found at Old Soaker near Mount Sharp on Mars.
Even if humans were to stop emitting all greenhouse gases right now, thermal expansion and the ensuing rise of ocean levels would continue for centuries to come.
Seasonal snow melt generally feeds into rivers, providing water to communities in the Central Asian countries and the Xinjiang region of China.
The snowpack, which is the source of roughly a third of California's water supply, had a water content of 10.5 inches, just 72 percent of the Dec. 27 average.
A new study found that bacteria in oxygen-poor ocean areas can survive on less than previously thought.