The Environment

China’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases will largely determine the world’s emissions trajectory, researchers say

A phenomenon called microlightning may explain ghostly blue marsh lights

In a version of the Fujiwhara effect, Hurricane Humberto is pulling Tropical Storm Imelda eastward and away from the U.S.

Hurricane Humberto and a system that may become Tropical Storm Imelda in the coming days are swirling quite close to each other in the western Atlantic Ocean

Scientists electrically culled invasive fish in a 20-year battle—but the fish fought back with rapid evolution

Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels

Up to 98 percent of the energy of an earthquake goes into flash heating rocks, not shaking the ground, new research shows. The finding could help yield better earthquake forecasts

The San Francisco Bay Area was rattled early this morning by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake along the Hayward fault line

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how diamonds form

A powerful magnitude 7.8 aftershock off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula that arose from July’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake is raising concerns about possible tsunami impacts, although risk appears to be waning

Climate-fueled heat has caused thousands of excess deaths over the past three summers, which were the three hottest on record

After nearly 40 years of global efforts, the ozone hole over Antarctica is continuing to heal