International shipping is on the rise in the Arctic region now that climate change regularly opens up transpolar sea routes ...

Rammed earth sourced from, or near, the grounds of a proposed building site is attracting attention as an eco-friendly construction material ...

Residents of a spot in northern Alberta better be bundled up extra well this morning, as it is one of the coldest places on ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of ...

While I don’t think that we should imminently be concerned about the existence of our ski industry … the quality of the skiing is slowly deteriorating,” CU Boulder ...

A new antibiotic hidden for decades could save 10 million lives yearly by defeating superbugs that resist current treatments.

Every now and then, I find myself wondering about what the future really holds. Not in some abstract, sci-fi way, but in a real, down-to-earth sense. What will life actually look like in a couple of ...

From The Gambia to the US, sea salt is increasingly seeping into the freshwaters people need for drinking and producing ...

Rising copper demand for clean energy and infrastructure may require prices to double to encourage mining and avoid future shortages.

The World Meteorological Organization suggests the Earth could experience a year at two degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average by 2029. Three years from now. Not 2050. Not the end ...

Iron ore describes any rock or mineral deposit that contains enough metallic iron to make extraction worthwhile. These rocks ...