Experiments show shifting ripple patterns can signal times of environmental flux.
Study finds shoebox-sized CubeSats gather weather data comparably to data collected by larger satellites.
Columbia Engineers make white paint whiter—and cooler—by removing white pigment and invent a polymer coating.
More than forty years after the first initiatives were taken to ban the use of PCBs, the chemical pollutants remain a deadly threat to animals at the top of the food chain.
Stronger efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions should be undertaken to avoid global warming of more than 1.5˚C - without relying on potentially more expensive or risky technologies to remove CO2 from the atmosphere or reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface.
Green algae stole genes from bacteria to survive in harsh environments, study suggests.
Local citizen scientists help biologists detect and track Alaska’s marine invaders.
Land area in Hawai‘i is vulnerable to future sea rise, researchers say.
A small tract of land in the southwest corner of the former Horace Williams Airport property is slated to house the University’s latest renewable energy project, this one powered by the sun.
When it comes to the mating game, it’s true that size does matter for North American male dance flies, who are most attracted to mates who display the largest inflatable abdominal sacs, says Rosalind Murray, a post-doctoral researcher in biology at the University of Toronto.
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