A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As sea ice melts and ocean patterns shift, pollutants from Siberian rivers are ...

Ashy wildfire sediment on Los Angeles County beaches does not contain chemicals at a level that pose a danger to human health ...

Forever chemicals' are everywhere. But only a handful have been evaluated for potentially toxic effects. Researchers think there may be a faster, cheaper way to figure out which ones might be ...

Prodigious siblings can be annoying. All too often, they steal the spotlight and cast behind them an infuriating shadow of ...

No known chemical or physical weathering mechanism can explain the phenomenon. "What is so exciting about our discovery is ...

A major new grant will help to establish the University of Glasgow as one of the UK’s leaders in atom-by-atom analysis of materials which could support human habitations on the Moon and beyond.

College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China Key Laboratory of Karst Georesources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang ...

These setbacks, however, did not rule out the idea of life. On the contrary—while weathering or abiotic chemical processes can create structures mistaken for signs of life, a thorough microscopic ...

The researchers will present their results at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS Spring 2025 is being held March 23-27; it features about 12,000 presentations on a range of ...

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...

Should you go for a physical sunscreen or a chemical one? Understanding how each works will help you make the best choice for your skin. Devji Hathiyani, a skincare expert, explains that ...