Rising global temperatures are driving the sharp decline in terrestrial water storage. This trend isn’t likely to change, scientists say.

Scientists and the nonprofit Friends of Casco Bay were well into a three-year study on PFAS levels in Casco Bay, shifting to other sampling areas following the spill. The overall project is analyzing ...

Egyptians may have harnessed hydraulic power not only for agriculture and transport but also for building pyramids. This ...

Remarkable adaptations to toxins have already inspired the development of a gel to encapsulate cadmium so it can be safely ...

Despite its Earth-like rivers and lakes of liquid methane, Saturn’s moon Titan seems oddly lacking in river deltas — geological formations that are typically rich in historical clues. Using data from ...

Researchers at Louisiana State University’s Coastal Systems Ecology Lab, led by wetland scientist and professor Robert ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Fatmuckets, pocketbooks, pigtoes and other unfortunately named and endangered invertebrates don’t receive the same level of funding or public sympathy as game species that make their home in The ...

An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas.

Although it may feel like it happened in an instant, the formation of the Island of Hawaii’s youngest black sand beach did not happen overnight. This week we explore how the beach at Pohoiki, near the ...

A series of hearings related to a challenged plan for a Line 5 reroute will begin next month to determine if Enbridge Energy ...

Debris removal following Tropical Storm Helene needs to be done more carefully to not destroy high-priority habitat and ...