Large-scale tree mortality in northern Sonoma County, California.Credit: David Rizzo
New research shows the sudden oak death epidemic in California cannot now be stopped, but that its tremendous ecological and economic impacts could have been greatly reduced if control had...
Unbearably hot: In the Middle East and North Africa, the average temperature in winter will rise by around 2.5 degrees Celsius (left) by the middle of the century, and in summer by around five degrees Celsius (right) if global...
This is an artist's conception of the Antarctic subglacial environment.Credit: Zina Deretsky, NSF
Three recent publications by early career researchers at three different institutions across the country provide the first look into the biogeochemistry, geophysics and geology of Subglacial Lake...
Coral bleaching.Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
A new study has found that Great Barrier Reef (GBR) corals were able to survive past bleaching events because they were exposed to a pattern of gradually warming waters in...
Bees rely on goldenrod pollen as a food source, but it's less nutritious than it used to be due to rising CO2 levels, a Purdue University study finds.
Credit: Purdue University/Tom Campbell
Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide have reduced protein...
Chematic of a sandstone sample receiving CO2 injection, indicating the difference in detail in the simple typical model (left) and the more realistic digital rock model used in the study (right). The greater detail provided by the digital rock...
Researchers investigated the deaths of perinatal dolphins, like this one, found in regions affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Credit: Photo courtesy Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Scientists have finalized a four-year study of newborn and fetal dolphins...
The Mendenhall Towers, upper left, are prominent peaks visible from the Mendenhall Glacier visitor area near Juneau. This photo was taken from a point northeast of the peaks.Credit: Photo by Joanna Young
The massive icefield that feeds Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier...
This is an aerial photo of the town of Jabor on Jaluit Atoll (169.5E, 6N), Republic of the Marshall Islands taken by a drone during recent fieldwork in the western tropical Pacific.Credit: Kris Karnauskas / CIRES
Island nations could be...
Shark fins are tempting targets for fishermen.Credit: Photo courtesy of Vanessa Jaiteh
The world's largest shark fin industry lies in the heart of the Coral Triangle, a region of the Indian and Pacific Oceans home to the world's most diverse...
An international team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have managed to open a new window into the climate history of the Arctic Ocean. Using unique sediment samples from...
