Artificial lakes, like reservoirs, face the biggest risks. They are often shallow and lack strong groundwater connections.

In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

The balance of different varieties of atoms inside a person’s teeth can reveal a week-by-week record of rainfall and protein ...

Understanding whether lakes are fed predominantly by groundwater or rainwater is critical to managing our water resources in the face of droughts and shortages, new research has found.

This would explain the similarity in the composition of the Earth and the Moon," Professor Andreas Pack, Managing Director of Gottingen University's Geoscience Centre and Head of the Geochemistry and ...

A new forensic test could help identify poached elephant ivory being disguised and smuggled as legal mammoth tusks.

Teeth can tell a life’s story, even when they’re 150 million years old. One of the new frontiers in paleontological research ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Understanding whether lakes are fed predominantly by groundwater or rainwater is critical to managing our water resources in the face of droughts and ...

Ancient limestones reveal how volcanic carbon once suffocated the oceans - offering a stark warning as modern oxygen levels ...

In a quiet corner of eastern China, nestled between the Tai-Yi Mountains and the Bohai Sea, a discovery has upended ...

Demand for the ornaments, jewelry, and other luxury items carved from the ivory in elephant tusks has led poachers to ...