Wooden posts sticking out of a sand dune in northern Iran turned out to be a century-old shipwreck. Photos show what remains of the ship and its cargo. Shifting water levels and sand erosion along the ...

In an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study, an international team led by the University of Vienna and the Danish ...

The Little Ice Age was a period of significant cooling from the early 14th to mid-19th centuries, which saw mean temperatures across the northern hemisphere drop by up to 2°C and the advancement of ...

Eelgrass is a critical habitat for fish, protects against coastal erosion and stores carbon. But it's threatened by pollution and climate change. Dozens of local scientists are working to protect and ...

Rising water levels in irrigation tanks are a blessing for the inhabitants of the dry zone, for they signal a time of plenty. Paradoxically, scores of families living in areas below the Senanayake ...