TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi said the US illegal sanctions have seriously impeded Iran’s endeavor to confront climat ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Each year in California, thousands of wildfires ravage hundreds of thousands of hectares of land. Deciphering how well large swaths of vegetation recover over time ca ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Wolffia, also known as duckweed, is the fastest-growing plant known, but the genetics underlying this strange little plant's success have long been a mystery to scien ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- The fluttery flight of butterflies has so far been somewhat of a mystery to researchers, given their unusually large and broad wings relative to their body size. Now ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Scientists from the CNRS, CNES, IRD, Sorbonne Université, l'Université Toulouse III -- Paul Sabatier and their Australian colleagues*, with the support of the IPEV, h ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Not long after the sun goes down, pairs of burying beetles, or Nicrophorus orbicollis, begin looking for corpses.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A study of biomass burning aerosols led by University of Wyoming researchers revealed that smoke from wildfires has more of a cooling effect on the atmosphere than co ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- In a new study, Stanford researchers report that intensifying precipitation contributed one-third of the financial costs of flooding in the United States over the pas ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- New research led by the University of South Florida has uncovered one of the reasons jellyfish have come to be known as the "world's most efficient swimmer." Brad Gem ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Sea ice is a critical indicator of changes in the Earth's climate. A new discovery by Brown University researchers could provide scientists a new way to reconstruct s ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Around 120 million years ago, the earth experienced an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from its oceans.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system can help scientists understand, and possibly improve, how corals respond to the environmental stresses of climate change. Work l ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Plants have the same variation in body clocks as that found in humans, according to new research that explores the genes governing circadian rhythms in plants.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Sea level could rise higher than current estimates by 2100 if climate change is unchallenged, according to a new assessment.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Plastics contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that threaten human health. An authoritative new report, Plastics, EDC ... more