A new Florida law prevents cities from banning gas-powered leaf blowers, despite health and environmental concerns.

You are here because of a single, all-important enzyme. But don’t look inward to find ribulose-­1,5-­bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, known more mercifully among scientists as rubisco. Instead, ...

As geographers, we have been investigating how these changes could also affect the movement of carbon through river systems.

The history of the first plant on Earth is not as simple as the identification of a particular species of plants, but it is a ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

A very special scum is growing at the wastewater treatment plant. Before flowing into t River, a privileged 0.6% of Santa Fe’s flushed wastewater has, since last August, enjoyed a brief ...

Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters ...

A Gulf of Maine field experiment shows that adding sodium hydroxide to seawater can pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere within days.

According to Li, the findings showed that plant species' naturally evolved processes could potentially be replicated to boost ...

Snowpiercer, a graphic novel, movie and TV series, imagines a different deep-freeze scenario: Geoengineering gone haywire. To mitigate global warming, scientists released aerosols into the atmosphere ...

In a blow to residents who advocated fighting invasive aquatic weeds like water chestnuts and watermilfoil in Freeman Lake ...

The sea slug is bright green, shaped like a leaf and doing something very few animals can: harnessing the power of the sun.