For decades, fisheries managers have struggled to restore wild populations of lake trout recruitment across the Great Lakes region, with limited success.

The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of back-up, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated according to the largest global study of its kind.

A new study finds that coastal forest loss in North Carolina’s Albermarle-Pamlico Peninsula began accelerating after 2010 and may still be speeding up.  

URochester researchers use mathematical modeling to explore how wave-like soil patterns form—and what they could reveal about landscape stability.

A team from the University of Lausanne has developed a new approach to better understand the carbon cycle in the Congo’s peatlands, one of our planet’s lungs. 

Scientists used machine-learning and super-resolution microscopy to overcome a challenge that has stymied research into the natural history of grasses for decades. 

A steady “snowfall” of tiny particles carries carbon, nutrients and pollution from the ocean’s surface toward the deep sea. 

The ubiquitous plastics of modern life are degrading into tiny fragments and littering Earth’s landscapes and waterways.

Project will focus on English oaks and aims to help trees adapt to keep pace with threats.

Dominik Fleitmann, how did you come to study the climate using stalagmites?