Environmental science
- Environmentally friendly farming practices used by nearly one third of world's farms: Less developed countries tend to see the largest improvements in productivity (28 Aug 2018)
- Ocean acidification research makes a strong case for limiting climate change (18 Aug 2018)
- Microplastics: No small problem for filter-feeding ocean giants (18 Aug 2018)
- Loss of Arctic sea ice impacting Atlantic Ocean water circulation system (18 Aug 2018)
- How the Arctic Ocean became saline (18 Aug 2018)
- How does microbial degradation of plastics work in the ocean? (18 Aug 2018)
- Does the European public understand the impacts of climate change on the ocean? (18 Aug 2018)
- Climate Change Is Acidifying Our Lakes and Rivers the Same Way It Does With Oceans (18 Aug 2018)
- Decades of data on world's oceans reveal a troubling oxygen decline (15 Aug 2018)
- Ocean acidification accelerates erosion of coral reefs: Researchers found that increased activity by worms and other organisms act on coral skeletons (14 Aug 2018)
- Corals are becoming more tolerant of rising ocean temperatures: Scientists replicate landmark study to determine changes in coral sea temperature tolerance over time (14 Aug 2018)
- Each tropical tree species specializes in getting the nutrients it needs (06 Aug 2018)
- Animals and fungi enhance the performance of forests (02 Aug 2018)
- Google and The UN Team Up To Study The Effects of Climate Change (27 Jul 2018)
- Climate change to overtake land use as major threat to global biodiversity (21 Jun 2018)
- Researchers shine a light on more accurate way to estimate climate change (07 Jun 2018)
- Tiny microenvironments in the ocean hold clues to global nitrogen cycle (22 Apr 2018)
- Geoengineering polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise: A researcher suggests a radical solution to prevent catastrophic glacial melting. (19 Apr 2018)
- Jena Experiment: Loss of species destroys ecosystems (30 Nov 2017)
- Study finds increased ocean acidification due to human activities (26 Oct 2017)
- New insights into the impacts of ocean acidification (26 Oct 2017)
- Latest ocean warming review reveals extent of impacts on nature and humans (26 Oct 2017)
- Electricity from shale gas vs. coal: Lifetime toxic releases from coal much higher (23 Oct 2017)
- Waterside lighting drastically disrupts wildlife in the surrounding ecosystem (20 Oct 2017)
- Urbanization costs five billion years of evolutionary history (11 Sep 2017)
- Strong interaction between herbivores and plants (10 Sep 2017)
- World's food and energy systems key to tackling global biodiversity decline (17 Mar 2017)
- Impact of climate change on microbial biodiversity (17 Mar 2017)
- NASA's PACE mission will uncover new information about health of our oceans (21 Jul 2016)
- A third of the world's biggest groundwater basins are in distress (08 May 2016)
- Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide makes trees use water more efficiently (30 Apr 2016)
- Widespread loss of ocean oxygen to become noticeable in 2030s (29 Apr 2016)
- Amazon rainforest responds quickly to extreme climate events (29 Apr 2016)
- Six to 10 million years ago: Ice-free summers at the North Pole (11 Apr 2016)
- Can corals keep up with ocean acidification? (11 Apr 2016)
- The ocean below: Scientific plan measures ocean’s carbon cycle, predicts its future conditions (05 Apr 2016)
- Study charts changes in island biodiversity as oceans rose over past 20,000 years (05 Apr 2016)
- Acidic oceans: Action plan to combat changes to seawater chemistry: Global carbon dioxide emissions are acidifying waters of the North American West Coast at an accelerating rate; severe ecological co (05 Apr 2016)
- Coral on a chip cracks coral mysteries (25 Mar 2016)
- Variability of major oceanic currents driven by climate change (23 Mar 2016)
- Biodiversity brings disease resistance: Novel study (22 Mar 2016)
- Ocean circulation explains why the Arctic affected by global warming more than the Antarctic (16 Mar 2016)
- Tracing deep ocean currents (15 Mar 2016)
- Ocean oases: How islands support more sea-life (15 Mar 2016)
- How climate change will affect western groundwater (15 Mar 2016)
- Pharmaceutical residues increasingly disrupt aquatic life: A hidden global change (05 Feb 2016)
- Forest losses increase local temperatures (05 Feb 2016)
- Topography shapes mountain biodiversity (02 Feb 2016)
- Diversity of nature formulated (02 Feb 2016)
- Climate change: Ocean warming underestimated (29 Jan 2016)
- Scientists paint a detailed picture of the chemical structure of oceans 520 million years ago (22 Dec 2015)
- Rivers, lakes impact ability of forests to store carbon (22 Dec 2015)
- Revealed—the single event that made complex life possible in our oceans (20 Dec 2015)
- Phytoplankton like it hot: Warming boosts biodiversity and photosynthesis in phytoplankton: Warmer temperatures increase biodiversity and photosynthesis in phytoplankton, researchers have found (18 Dec 2015)
- Nordic Seas cooled 500,000 years before global oceans (28 Oct 2015)
- Formation of coastal sea ice in North Pacific drives ocean circulation and climate (22 Oct 2015)
- New research maps areas most vulnerable to ocean acidification (20 Oct 2015)
- More rain leads to fewer trees in the African savanna (20 Oct 2015)
- A Story of Climate Change Told In 15 Graphs (28 Sep 2015)
- Special issue: Forest health (07 Sep 2015)
- How many trees are in the world? 3 trillion, apparently (04 Sep 2015)
- Biodiversity belowground is just as important as aboveground (02 Sep 2015)
- Global change: Trees continue to grow at a faster rate (20 Jul 2015)
- Planktonic world: First scientific results from the Tara Oceans expedition (12 Jul 2015)
- Scientists caution against exploitation of deep ocean (04 Jul 2015)
- New study shows the importance of jellyfish falls to deep-sea ecosystem (04 Jul 2015)
- 800 meters beneath Antarctic ice sheet, subglacial lake holds viable microbial ecosystems (04 Jul 2015)
- Bugs and slugs ideal houseguests for seagrass health (20 May 2015)
- Study reveals how rivers regulate global carbon cycle (14 May 2015)
- Hidden Waves Beneath the World's Oceans Mapped to Reveal Heat and Nutrient Cycling (11 May 2015)
- Study reveals strong links between Antarctic climate, food web (11 Jul 2014)
- New research finds ocean's most abundant organisms have clear daily cycles (11 Jul 2014)
- New study: Ancient Arctic sharks tolerated brackish water 50 million years ago (30 Jun 2014)
- Animals built reefs 550 million years ago, fossil study finds (29 Jun 2014)
- Ancient ocean currents may have changed pacing and intensity of ice ages (29 Jun 2014)
- Study grapples with ocean climate stress challenge (24 Jun 2014)
- New understanding of ocean passageway could aid climate change forecasts (24 Jun 2014)
- Understanding the ocean's role in Greenland glacier melt (23 Jun 2014)