There is a 'mismatch' between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

As part of a multi-pronged approach toward curbing the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, scientists seek to better ...

The Battle over Wind Turbine Noise The debate over wind turbine noise has stirred significant controversy in the renewable ...

Banerjee added that cultivating water-intensive crops degrades the soil because so much water is added, the air is reduced.

Heavy rainfall in Gauteng and KZN is starting to abate after causing flood damage and loss of life, but the weather service ...

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most ...

The study examines how scientists can better acknowledge, credit and utilize environmental data collected by Indigenous ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

Large birds -- our closest relations to dinosaurs -- are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.

Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...

The Marine Invasions Research Lab, based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is the nation’s largest program dedicated to monitoring the ocean and coastal regions for invasions by ...

MS in Conflict Management and Resolution students learn the skills necessary to expertly navigate intra-societal conflicts at the individual, workplace, community, national and international levels ..