Water treatment is expensive. It uses a lot of energy and produces its own waste that gets disposed of at a hefty price.

A giant exoplanet is surprisingly chill given how close it is to its red dwarf star — perhaps because the star is so little.

Higher temperatures caused by climate change are driving complex processes that make droughts bigger and more severe, new ...

Nitrates in the atmosphere reduce air quality and play an important role in climate change. An international team led by ...

A new study shows that rising ‘atmospheric thirst’ is responsible for about 40% of the increase in drought severity over the ...

The Trump administration addresses concerns after the acting FEMA chief reportedly said he was unaware of the U.S. had hurricane season.

A new study details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in emissions.

The National Weather Service says it plans to hire more than 100 additional staff members. The move follows complaints and concerns after the Trump administration eliminated more than 500 positions.

James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) observations of exoplanet WASP-121b are contributing valuable clues about how the planet ...

The first observations of Pluto by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal dramatic phenomena on its surface, like ...

A small team of planetary scientists, astrophysicists and space flight researchers affiliated with several institutions in ...