When deciding whether to shelter in place during an emergency, social roles, environmental knowledge, economic status, and other factors weigh heavily over government information and directions, according to a new Yale School of the Environment study.
"There's...
Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— including the ones alive today—are dinosaurs. And while the first Archaeopteryx fossil was found more...
Midwesterners needn't bother choosing their poison: droughts or floods. They get a double dose of both.
The region is experiencing what weather experts call a...
A pair of researchers, one with the Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, the other...
Phytoplankton is the foundation of all life on the planet. Understanding how these photosynthetic organisms react to their ocean environment is important to understanding...
A new radioactivity model of Earth’s ancient rocks calls into question current models for the formation of Earth’s continental crust, suggesting continents may have...
The threat of slope instability will be easier to predict in future. Scientists working on an Austrian Science Fund project have succeeded in developing...
