Environmental News Network

Climate Change From the Ground Up: Researchers Explore Sea Level Rise Impact on Building Foundations

Researchers have considered how flooding from rising sea levels and storm surges will damage the built environment along the coast, but what about climate change’s less noticeable impacts below the surface?

Rochester Researchers Go ‘Outside the Box’ to Delineate Major Ocean Currents

For the first time University of Rochester researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers.

Scientists Predict Songbirds’ Striking Colours Put Them at Risk of Extinction

A pioneering scientist from our Department of Biosciences along with colleagues from University of Florida, USA, Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB), France, and Massey University, New Zealand have found that brightly and uniquely coloured songbirds are in greater danger of extinction and are more likely to be traded as pets.

Mexican Mangroves Have Been Capturing Carbon for 5,000 Years

Researchers have identified a new reason to protect mangrove forests: they’ve been quietly keeping carbon out of Earth’s atmosphere for the past 5,000 years.

Byzantine Solar Eclipse Records Illuminate Obscure History of Earth's Rotation

Witnessing a total solar eclipse is an unforgettable experience and may have been even more impressive throughout history before we were able to understand and accurately predict their occurrence.