Rising wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest combined with notoriously volatile timber pricing may lower forestland values by as much as 50% and persuade plantation owners to harvest trees much earlier than planned, a new analysis of Douglas-fir forests shows.
The most sophisticated modelling to date forecasts that under the current global emissions pathway the Great Barrier Reef could lose most of its coral by the end of the century, but curbing climate change and strategic management will help coral resilience.
In just a few short years, artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from a futuristic computing concept to a major part of everyday life.
Much of the Midwest is experiencing drought due to very dry weather in the late summer and early fall.
Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth’s climate during the last ice age — by breathing less efficiently.
Earth is reflecting less sunlight, and absorbing more heat, than it did several decades ago.
Spotted lanternflies may season themselves to the distaste of potential bird predators, according to a new study led by entomologists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
New study reveals how human astroviruses bind to humans cells and paves the way for new therapies and vaccines.
A recent study from Oregon State University estimated that more than 3,500 animal species are at risk of extinction because of factors including habitat alterations, natural resources being overexploited, and climate change.
The “baby boom” of ochre sea stars that followed a population crash a decade ago is enabling the species to recover on the Oregon Coast, according to new research by scientists at Oregon State University and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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