The search for life on other worlds needs a way to sift through the chemistry of their atmospheres. If another species ...

Scientists analyzing an ultra-hot giant planet believe it was formed by absorbing lightweight gases like methane evaporating ...

An Irish hospital is trying to stop wasting the anaesthetic nitrous oxide over climate change concerns. Should others follow ...

As warmer waters and ocean acidification reduce coral formation, the seas will take up more carbon dioxide – an effect that ...

The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ice giants in our Solar System. Methane indicates unexpected ...

Florida's mangrove forests can quickly recover carbon lost to hurricanes - offering an answer for coastal resilience in a ...

The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network has outlined the potential health risks from today's incident on the coast ...

It’s nearly Clean Air Day- a national awareness day, this year falling on Thursday 19 June, aiming to build awareness of air ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s ...

Atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are surging, even as emissions level out. Natural carbon sinks are showing signs of faltering ...

On a 20-year timescale, a methane molecule is roughly 90 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than a molecule of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas that wields the most control ...