Genetics

One of the widest hurricanes on record slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26 as a powerful Category 4 […]

In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old, and ultimately very important, log. He and his colleagues were digging

The ocean’s circulatory system may not be doing as poorly as previously thought. A vital ocean artery known as the

Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter than once thought.

A barrage of intense, wild swings in climate conditions may have fueled the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history. A

Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted

A perfect storm of climate, geologic and geographic conditions have combined to make Hurricane Helene one of the most devastating

When strained by earthquakes, underground networks of quartz veins can generate enough tension to leach gold from passing fluids, researchers

Long dry periods can cause a deadly fungal disease. While California’s droughts can temporarily hold back cases of valley fever—a

This video was supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. TRANSCRIPT Maria Temming: In 2021, a historic heat