Every year during the growing season, thousands of pilots across the country climb into small planes loaded with hundreds of pounds of pesticides and fly extremely close to the ground at upward of 140 miles an hour, unloading their cargo onto rows of corn, cotton, and soybeans.
Scientists with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have discovered that a bacterial probiotic helps slow the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in already infected wild corals in Florida.
Concern over declines in insects has increased public interest in planting flowers in gardens and parks to support species that are vital for wildlife – but choices over ‘pollinator-friendly’ seed mixes are often based on anecdotal advice.
Canada has vast boreal forests that span from the Yukon in the west to Newfoundland and Labrador in the east.
A new study published last week in Nature Communications reveals that rising levels of atmospheric moisture caused by climate change are expected to dramatically increase the frequency and intensity of “atmospheric rivers” over Antarctica – long, narrow plumes of warm, moist air that can travel thousands of kilometres and deliver intense precipitation.
The public is invited to weigh in on a draft plan to restore and protect the waters that 30 million people depend on for their drinking water, public health and quality of life in the Ohio River Basin.
Geospatial big data methods enable mapping potential habitats.
Two recent publications dig into the impacts of compounding factors threatening New England trees.
A new study found the natural environment helped people to reduce isolation, anxiety and stress levels caused by their pain.
Using a brand-new type of satellite altimetry, a study led by Oxford University has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September - October 2023 was indeed two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves.
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