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Kevin Costner, eat your heart out. New research shows that the early Earth, home to some of our planet first lifeforms, may have been a real-life "waterworld."

For the first time, researchers have used radar and other tools to accurately measure the volume of snow produced through cloud seeding.

New research reveals that even simultaneous bark beetle outbreaks are not a death sentence to the state beloved forests. 

A new study finds that a nuclear war could throw the world's ocean chemistry for a loop—and coral reefs could pay the price.

Abrupt thawing of permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions from permafrost thaw in the Arctic and is already rapidly changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north, a new �Ͼ�Ʒ��-led study finds. 

From classics such as “Gone with the Wind” to modern films such as “Avatar,” the movie industry packs a serious, and often hidden, environmental cost, says film scholar Hunter Vaughan. 

Oil and gas production has doubled in some parts of the U.S. in the last two years, and scientists can use satellites to see impacts of that trend: a significant increase in the release of the lung-irritating air pollutant nitrogen dioxide, for example, and a more-than-doubling of the amount of gas flared into the atmosphere.

A new paper quantifying small levels of iodine in Earth stratosphere could help explain why some of the planet protective ozone layer isn’t healing as fast as expected.

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� graduate student Devon Dunmire is searching for the lakes hidden beneath Antarctica's surface—features that, she said, could have huge influences on the future of polar ice sheets.

Cassandra Brooks is sharing her love and knowledge of the southernmost continent with a group of 100 intrepid women seeking to become global leaders in environmental sustainability.