What nitrogen is getting up to in permafrost soils may exert great feedbacks on climate changes, which overturns what researchers have long believed, according to a Sino-German joint study.

When drought reshuffles the green-up of habitats that mule deer migrate across, it dramatically shortens the annual foraging bonanza they rely on.

After studying 71 lakes in 33 countries, researchers found that phytoplankton and algae blooms are generally increasing around the world.

A team of engineers in the U.S. and Europe subjected the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft to a battery of trials to ready it for liftoff later this year.

Janice Brahney's study examined the source and life history of both wet and dry microplastic deposition.

First long-term study on plastic degradation in a water depth of more than 4000 meter.

Intercropping, or the simultaneous cultivation of multiple crops on a single plot of land, can significantly increase the yield, not only of low input agriculture, but also of intensive agriculture, and reduce the use of fertilisers.

Some of the world’s largest, most spectacular and unheralded mammals are silently slipping away, due to more than disease and habitat fragmentation, deforestation or wildlife trade. 

A new study looking at extinct camelids - ancestors of today’s camels and llamas - tells the story of North America’s ancient savannas and highlights how past climatic and environmental conditions influenced the composition of mammalian faunas.

Beavers are ecosystem engineers that cut down trees to build dams, eventually causing floods.