From the American West to Europe, droughts are drying up rivers, fueling destructive fires and reshaping ecosystems.

Botany professor Ansgar Kahmen has been studying Switzerland’s forests for years. 

Nearly 30 years ago, a simple question sent University of Washington researchers into the Puget Sound lowlands to look for birds. 

A multidisciplinary team has successfully tested a novel autonomous monitoring system designed to improve how environmental evidence is generated for decision-makers managing the sustainable future expansion of floating offshore wind.

Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. 

Just like on land, the ocean environment can experience heatwaves. 

Seagrasses are among the most important foundation species in coastal ecosystems, providing habitat for marine life, stabilizing sediments and helping improve water quality.

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have become an increasingly common threat to lakes, rivers and coastal waters across the United States, endangering drinking water supplies, aquatic ecosystems, public health and local economies.

A new study analyzed data from multiple independent sources, ranging from satellite remote sensing-based machine learning products to state-of-the-art Earth System Models, to reveal how climate change shapes the Northern Eurasian carbon sink. 

Arctic terrestrial permafrost ecosystems store around 1,300 gigatonnes of carbon from organic sources, such as from the remains of plants. Sediments in oceans and river deltas contain a further 400 gigatonnes.