Scientists have uncovered new details explaining why iron oxide minerals are such effective long-term carbon traps in soils.

A world in warming, under most circumstances, tipping toward deep cooling does seem counterintuitive; yet, Earth's geological ...

While scientists have long known that iron oxide minerals help lock away enormous amounts of carbon—sequestering it from the atmosphere—a new Northwestern University study now reveals exactly why ...

Start with heat. Rising temperatures across MENA dry soils, weaken vegetation cover and expand desert margins. This is not merely a land-use problem; it is an atmospheric one. As soils desiccate, fine ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

Concrete is one of the quiet foundations of modern life, yet it is also one of the dirtiest materials humanity produces. A new generation of bio-concrete aims to flip that script, using living ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of ...

You are taught early in science that oxygen on Earth comes from sunlight. Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use light to split water and release oxygen, shaping the atmosphere and making complex life ...

On Feb. 17, 2016, the gears ground into life at the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, on the “Large Curve” of the Xingu ...

Scientists invent process that converts plastic bottles into paracetamol, which is a common drugstore painkiller used in ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...