Both the European Union and Switzerland have set themselves the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050 and of reducing...
Plants need phosphorus to grow. Farmers’ use of mineral phosphorus fertilizers has greatly increased soil phosphorus fertility and, consequently, crop...
A study led by researchers with the Center for Earth Observation and Modeling at the University of Oklahoma analyzed time...
Using samples from an almost century-old, ongoing survey of marine plankton, researchers at University of California San Diego School of...
More than 90% of the world’s population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat...
Emissions from soil of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide can be drastically reduced just by adding carbon-rich manure, new...
Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the United States. This may substantially...
Snow-capped mountains aren’t just scenic—they also provide natural water storage by creating reservoirs of frozen water that slowly melt into...
Assistant Professor David Rounce of Civil and Environmental Engineering led an international effort to produce new projections of glacier mass...
A study of vegetation across New York City and some densely populated adjoining areas has found that on many summer...
A large family of chemicals used for decades to improve our lives—from nonstick cooking pans to waterproof clothing—are now known...
An international team of scientists painstakingly gathered data from more than 50 years of seagoing scientific drilling missions to conduct...
