Natural environment
- Why are tropical forests so diverse? New study examines role of 'natural enemies': Analysis contradicts commonly held hypothesis of community ecology (28 Aug 2018)
- 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)
- 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)
- 2017 was the warmest year on record for the global ocean (18 Aug 2018)
- Sentinel-5P brings air pollution into focus (16 Aug 2018)
- Sentinel-1 sees through hurricanes (16 Aug 2018)
- Decades of data on world's oceans reveal a troubling oxygen decline (15 Aug 2018)
- Study finds major ocean current is widening as climate warms (14 Aug 2018)
- Pacific Ocean's effect on Arctic warming (14 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)
- Geoengineering the Great Barrier Reef needs strong rules (02 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)
- One of the World's Largest Oil Companies is Spending $1 Billion a Year on Green Energy Research (19 Jul 2018)
- New Zealand Aims to Transition to 100% Renewables by 2035 (19 Jul 2018)
- Germany Is Now Home to the World's Largest Wind Turbine (19 Jul 2018)
- Researchers engineer bacteria to create fertilizer out of thin air (17 Jul 2018)
- Shedding light on the energy-efficiency of photosynthesis (04 Jul 2018)
- A matter of gravity—understanding how plants grow in space (04 Jul 2018)
- Climate change to overtake land use as major threat to global biodiversity (21 Jun 2018)
- The Alps are home to more than 3,000 lichens (17 Jun 2018)
- How trees coexist—new findings from biodiversity research (17 Jun 2018)
- Evolution of China's flowering plants shows East-West divide between old, new lineages (17 Jun 2018)
- Estimating species loss from habitat clearing (17 Jun 2018)
- Earth BioGenome project to sequence all life (17 Jun 2018)
- A theory of physics explains the fragmentation of tropical forests (17 Jun 2018)
- Researchers shine a light on more accurate way to estimate climate change (07 Jun 2018)
- Will rising carbon dioxide levels really boost plant growth? (22 Apr 2018)
- Tiny microenvironments in the ocean hold clues to global nitrogen cycle (22 Apr 2018)
- Our Climate Is Changing Rapidly. It's Time to Talk About Geoengineering. (19 Apr 2018)
- Geoengineering polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise: A researcher suggests a radical solution to prevent catastrophic glacial melting. (19 Apr 2018)
- Climate engineering, once started, would have severe impacts if stopped: Researchers co-author first study on biological impacts of abruptly ending efforts to cool Earth's climate (19 Apr 2018)
- 3 Reasons Why It's a Good Idea to Resurrect a Species (19 Apr 2018)
- Rise in oxygen levels links to ancient explosion of life, researchers find (30 Nov 2017)
- Jena Experiment: Loss of species destroys ecosystems (30 Nov 2017)
- EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 percent (30 Nov 2017)
- Are cities affecting evolution? (19 Nov 2017)
- 27-Year Study Finds the Amount of Insects Flying in the Air Has Declined 75 Percent (19 Nov 2017)
- How climate change affects the building blocks for health (27 Oct 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)
- Fruit-eating increases biodiversity (24 Oct 2017)
- Study: 1 in 6 Deaths Worldwide Caused by Pollution in 2015 (23 Oct 2017)
- Electricity from shale gas vs. coal: Lifetime toxic releases from coal much higher (23 Oct 2017)
- U.S. ocean observation critical to understanding climate change, but lacks long-term national planning (21 Oct 2017)
- Waterside lighting drastically disrupts wildlife in the surrounding ecosystem (20 Oct 2017)
- Shallow soils promote savannas in South America (20 Oct 2017)
- Why you need to get involved in the geoengineering debate – now (19 Oct 2017)
- Habitat loss is the top threat to Australia's species (17 Oct 2017)
- Evolution: The beneficiaries of mass extinction (11 Oct 2017)
- The science of carbon dioxide and climate (06 Oct 2017)
- Cape Verde Leads With 100% Renewable Electricity By 2020 Target (25 Sep 2017)
- Sentinel-2 captures coral bleaching of Great Barrier Reef (23 Sep 2017)
- Quantifying the effects of climate change (23 Sep 2017)
- Urbanization costs five billion years of evolutionary history (11 Sep 2017)
- UK achieves first coal-free day since the Industrial Revolution (11 Sep 2017)
- The world protests as Amazon forests are opened to mining (10 Sep 2017)
- Strong interaction between herbivores and plants (10 Sep 2017)
- Satellite data to map endangered monkey populations on Earth (10 Sep 2017)
- New species evolve faster as mountains form (10 Sep 2017)
- Making cows more environmentally friendly (10 Sep 2017)
- Geoengineering is an essential bridge to true sustainability (31 Aug 2017)
- Cool the Planet? Geoengineering Is Easier Said Than Done (31 Aug 2017)
- World's food and energy systems key to tackling global biodiversity decline (17 Mar 2017)
- Temperature drives biodiversity (17 Mar 2017)
- Impact of climate change on microbial biodiversity (17 Mar 2017)
- Geoengineering Earth's Atmosphere: How It Could Affect Astronomy (17 Mar 2017)
- Icelandic volcano's toxic gas is triple that of Europe's industry (01 Aug 2016)
- NASA's PACE mission will uncover new information about health of our oceans (21 Jul 2016)
- Harvesting clues to GMO dilemmas from China's soybean fields (04 Jul 2016)
- Forest-mapping instrument for space station passes major milestone (02 Jul 2016)
- Humans artificially drive evolution of new species (29 Jun 2016)
- Southern Tibetan Plateau (21 Jun 2016)
- How El Niño impacts global temperatures (12 Jun 2016)
- NASA studies details of a greening Arctic (03 Jun 2016)
- The unique ecology of human predators (28 May 2016)
- Regulatory, certification systems creating paralysis in use of genetically altered trees (28 May 2016)
- Megacity: Beijing Quadrupled in Size in 10 Years (17 May 2016)
- Endangered dragonflies, raised in captivity, being released (14 May 2016)
- Extreme makeover: Humankind's unprecedented transformation of Earth (10 May 2016)
- Global freshwater consumption crossing its planetary boundary (08 May 2016)
- A third of the world's biggest groundwater basins are in distress (08 May 2016)
- How to convert US to 100 percent renewable energy (07 May 2016)
- Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide makes trees use water more efficiently (30 Apr 2016)
- Cambodia to add 1 million hectares of protected forest (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)
- CO2 fertilization greening the earth (26 Apr 2016)
- Over 80% of future deforestation confined to just 11 places (24 Apr 2016)
- Important study of how climate affects biodiversity (23 Apr 2016)
- Study shows cloud patterns reveal species habitat (16 Apr 2016)
- Why many similar species coexist within complex ecosystems (15 Apr 2016)
- Diet affects the evolution of birds (14 Apr 2016)
- What Is the Greenhouse Effect? (13 Apr 2016)
- Plants survive better through mass extinctions than animals (13 Apr 2016)
- Predators, parasites, pests and the paradox of biological control (12 Apr 2016)
- When life returned after a volcanic mass extinction (11 Apr 2016)
- Study: Farmers and scientists divided over climate change (11 Apr 2016)
- Six to 10 million years ago: Ice-free summers at the North Pole (11 Apr 2016)
- Large variations in precipitation over the past millennium (11 Apr 2016)
- 1200 years of water balance data challenge climate models (11 Apr 2016)
- What are aerosols? (05 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)
- Climate variations analyzed five million years back in time (16 Mar 2016)
- Ocean oases: How islands support more sea-life (15 Mar 2016)
- How climate change will affect western groundwater (15 Mar 2016)
- Here's how what you buy affects the environment (15 Mar 2016)
- Half of the Amazonian tree species are endangered (15 Mar 2016)
- EU decision process hinders use of genetically modified trees (01 Mar 2016)
- World Wetlands Day (05 Feb 2016)
- Pharmaceutical residues increasingly disrupt aquatic life: A hidden global change (05 Feb 2016)
- Forest losses increase local temperatures (05 Feb 2016)
- US Forest Service releases findings on the effects of drought for forests and rangelands (02 Feb 2016)
- Topography shapes mountain biodiversity (02 Feb 2016)
- New tool for gauging public opinion reveals skepticism of climate engineering: Researchers publish results of decision pathway survey on geoengineering (02 Feb 2016)
- Increase in volcanic eruptions at the end of the ice age caused by melting ice caps and erosion (02 Feb 2016)
- Diversity of nature formulated (02 Feb 2016)
- The United States Has 50,000 Wind Turbines (29 Jan 2016)
- Gradual changes in the environment delay evolutionary adaptations (29 Jan 2016)
- Getting To 100% Renewable Energy In the US (29 Jan 2016)
- Climate change: Ocean warming underestimated (29 Jan 2016)
- Evolution of marine crocodilians constrained by ocean temperatures (01 Jan 2016)
- How Green is Your State? (24 Dec 2015)
- 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)
- Eastern South African hydroclimate over the past 270,000 years (22 Dec 2015)
- Revealed—the single event that made complex life possible in our oceans (20 Dec 2015)
- Costa Rica boasts 99% renewable energy in 2015 (20 Dec 2015)
- Uruguay Builds Clean Electricity Footprint (18 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)
- More Companies Join RE100, Commit To 100% Renewable Energy (18 Dec 2015)
- Ice matters (18 Dec 2015)
- How sustainable is vertical farming? (18 Dec 2015)
- Climate change: How bad can it get? (18 Dec 2015)
- What is global warming? (23 Nov 2015)
- Scientists date the origin of the cacao tree to 10 million years ago (23 Nov 2015)
- New satellite to measure plant health (23 Nov 2015)
- Lower Austria Claims 100% Renewable Electricity (23 Nov 2015)
- Environment and climate helped shape varied evolution of human languages (17 Nov 2015)
- Water scarcity and climate change through 2095 (29 Oct 2015)
- New analysis links tree height to climate (29 Oct 2015)
- Without humans, the whole world could look like Serengeti (28 Oct 2015)
- Nordic Seas cooled 500,000 years before global oceans (28 Oct 2015)
- Study shows that tree planting alone may not significantly offset urban carbon emissions (22 Oct 2015)
- Ocean heat content reveals secrets of fish migration behaviors: Study uses hurricane forecasting tool to show fishes affinity for ocean fronts and eddies (22 Oct 2015)
- Formation of coastal sea ice in North Pacific drives ocean circulation and climate (22 Oct 2015)
- European birdwatchers unravel how birds respond to climate change (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)
- Turning political pledges into action on climate change (08 Oct 2015)
- Examining Brazil’s New Climate Plan (INDC) (06 Oct 2015)
- Large trees -- key climate influencers -- die first in drought: First systematic review of patterns, 38 worldwide forests studied (30 Sep 2015)
- Cold snap: Climate cooling and sea-level changes caused crocodilian retreat: Fluctuating sea levels and global cooling caused a significant decline in the number of crocodilian species over millions o (28 Sep 2015)
- A Story of Climate Change Told In 15 Graphs (28 Sep 2015)
- World has lost 3 percent of its forests since 1990 (15 Sep 2015)
- Aspen Stands Tall As Third US City Achieves 100% Renewable Electricity (15 Sep 2015)
- Meteorite that doomed dinosaurs remade forests (14 Sep 2015)
- Adelaide Joins Global Race To Become First Carbon Neutral City (12 Sep 2015)
- Massive amounts of Saharan dust fertilize the Amazon rainforest (10 Sep 2015)
- Which fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to avoid dangerous climate change? (08 Sep 2015)
- Volcanic bacteria take minimalist approach to survival (07 Sep 2015)
- Special issue: Forest health (07 Sep 2015)
- Quantifying the impact of volcanic eruptions on climate (07 Sep 2015)
- Tiny plant fossils offer window into Earth's landscape millions of years ago (05 Sep 2015)
- New planetary dashboard shows 'Great Acceleration' in human activity since 1950 (05 Sep 2015)
- How many trees are in the world? 3 trillion, apparently (04 Sep 2015)
- Five years of soil moisture, ocean salinity and beyond (03 Sep 2015)
- Biodiversity belowground is just as important as aboveground (02 Sep 2015)
- If humans never existed, Europe would be one giant zoo (26 Aug 2015)
- 1,800 years of global ocean cooling halted by global warming: Comprehensive analysis of ocean surface temperature data shows a cooling trend preceding the Industrial Revolution (25 Aug 2015)
- EARTH: Oceans revealed on icy moons (11 Aug 2015)
- Global change: Trees continue to grow at a faster rate (20 Jul 2015)
- Climate change and the soil (17 Jul 2015)
- Three-year ocean voyage discovered thousands of new, unfamiliar viruses (12 Jul 2015)
- Planktonic world: First scientific results from the Tara Oceans expedition (12 Jul 2015)
- Research links two millennia of cyclones, floods, El Nino (09 Jul 2015)
- Frequency of tornadoes, hail linked to El Nino, La Nina (09 Jul 2015)
- El Nino will be 'substantial' warn Australian scientists (09 Jul 2015)
- Deciphering clues to prehistoric climate changes locked in cave deposits (09 Jul 2015)
- Same forces as today caused climate changes 1.4 billion years ago (05 Jul 2015)
- This week from AGU: Sea-level spikes, volcanic risk, volcanos cause drought (04 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)
- Costa Rica runs only on renewable energy (25 Jun 2015)
- How the fossilized past can help predict our oceans' future (07 Jun 2015)
- Bugs and slugs ideal houseguests for seagrass health (20 May 2015)
- New way to save fish—and fishers (19 May 2015)
- New action plan to save world's rarest primate (19 May 2015)
- English Channel to host wind farm (19 May 2015)
- Study reveals how rivers regulate global carbon cycle (14 May 2015)
- Researchers uncover evidence of people predating Amazonian rainforest (18 Aug 2014)
- Near-extinct forest giraffe shows resilience in a war zone (16 Aug 2014)
- Study reveals strong links between Antarctic climate, food web (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)