Planetary Health

“Seeds: Containers of a World to Come” features the work of 10 artists from around the globe. Each work looks at the relationship between plants, humans and land.

Despite being a hellish world, the hot, cloud-enveloped world Venus is a tantalizing target for scientists eager to learn more about its history, evolution and present state.

Planetary CT scans and lab experiments reveal layering and intricate flows in the mantle.

Wildfires spark new research in the Aerosol Interdisciplinary Research Group’s lab, AIR Lab, at Washington University in St. Louis. 

President Trump has said daylight saving time is ‘inconvenient’ and ‘costly’

To conduct a comprehensive analysis of what makes up wildfire smoke plumes, Rajan Chakrabarty’s team spent 45 days in wildfire locations in the western United States where they sampled gaseous smoke and aerosol species and analyzed their chemical and optical properties.

Rising temperatures and heaps of remaining snow and ice create the perfect growing conditions for a pesky allergen.

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.

Revelation is blow to hopes for habitability and future space missions

Researchers are studying dark brown carbon deposition from wildfires which can accelerate the snow melting process of midlatitude glaciers. The new research could go a long way ensuring accurate climate models and measurements.