It goes like this: beneath the ground is thick permafrost — a jumble of soil, rocks and sediment held together by ice.

During a Monday, Oct. 28, West Elkton Village Council meeting, council members discussed a biodigester project proposed by Vanguard Renewables for a farm property located in the village.

Professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester, Brian Cox has a new Sky TV series Solar System investigates ...

This week, we examine how the incoming administration’s policies will shape U.S. national defense and global issues.

As diplomats from 200 countries gather for the annual United Nations climate negotiations, fast-rising global temperatures have reached 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Located around 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye. The planet's blue color comes from methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red wavelengths of light.

Find how thawing permafrost releases greenhouse gases, amplifying global warming and impacting climate change.

The atmosphere of Earth is a layer of gases retained by gravity that surrounds our planet. Most of the total mass of the atmosphere is in the lower 6 miles.

Gamma radiation can convert methane into a wide variety of products at room temperature, including hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing molecules, and amino acids, reports a research team. This type of ...

Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the ...

Scientists believe Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could be one of humanity's best bets to find some form of extraterrestrial ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...