Southeast Asia’s peatlands and mangroves store immense amounts of carbon, yet they’re rapidly disappearing. A new study finds ...

Because trees can cool cities by providing shade and evaporating water into the atmosphere, greening city streets is an often ...

An international group of scholars, including archaeologists from the School of Arts & Sciences, synthesized archaeological evidence in South Asia from 12,000 and 6,000 years ago.

Regions like northeastern Brazil, one of the world’s notable cocoa-producing areas, are grappling with increasing aridity – a ...

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

From the sunlit Southern Ridges to the serene Bukit Timah, here are the best and most scenic hiking trails in Singapore in ...

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers ... Urban sprawl, a lack of winter rain, excessive vegetation around homes, insufficient ...

Video / NZ Herald / Supplied A large vegetation fire in Porirua has been contained before it could reach nearby homes. Some homes were evacuated as a precaution after the blaze broke out in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Google Maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

"This disturbing message was spotted on Google Maps in Los Angeles ... Los Angeles County crews have spent the past week removing vegetation, reinforcing roads, and stabilizing slopes in areas ...