New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

After an X-class solar flare erupted, shortwave radio blackouts were detected across the Americas — the sunlit side of Earth at the time. These disruptions, common during intense solar activity, occur ...

Climate models have predicted that the ocean surrounding Antarctica should be warming, but new research shows that it's ...

People have always studied the skies to predict the weather, but recently scientists have noticed that clouds are changing on ...

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

Scientists know this is affecting the climate, because the vital role that clouds play in warming and cooling the planet is ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has erupted again, sending lava fountains soaring up to 1,000 feet in a breathtaking display.

Scientists have quantified how much of the cooling observed since 1990 has been driven by an influx of freshwater that’s ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to ...