One of the world’s most widely used glyphosate-based herbicides, Roundup, can trigger loss of biodiversity, making ecosystems more vulnerable to pollution and climate change, say researchers from McGill University.

Cascadia findings also apply to San Andreas Fault and other earthquake zones, suggesting universal underlying physics that could someday support quake forecasting.

Study uses long-ago record of Bering Strait flooding to understand how ice sheets responded to climate change.

Researchers connect microbes in the twilight zone of the ocean with the breakdown of tough organic molecules.

As metropolises balloon with growth and sprawl widens the footprint of cities around the world, access to nature for people living in urban areas is becoming harder to find.

Researchers found that African dust has affected local air quality in South Texas in summer and early autumn.

The application of traditional metrics in temporary rivers can lead to mistakes in the evaluation process of the biological quality, the authors warn.

Caves are easily forgotten when fire rips through the bush, but despite their robustness the long-term impact of frequent, unprecedented fire seasons presents a new challenge for subsurface geology.

Many microalgal species inhabit freshwater ecosystems, however the green microalgae Raphidocelis subcapitata is one of the most used in so-called bioassays.

As crop production plans are adapting to the declining water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer, cotton is playing an increasingly important role in water conservation.