Satellite data are used to identify characteristics of the waters through which specially-tagged seals swim.

UVA chemical engineering professor Bryan Berger is investigating the use of industrial hemp to rid the planet of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

India can sustainably enhance its food supply if its farmers plant less rice and more nutritious and environmentally-friendly crops, including finger millet, pearl millet, and sorghum, according to a new study from the Data Science Institute at Columbia University.

Long considered pests by forest managers, deer and elk can help Douglas-fir seedlings thrive under certain vegetation management conditions, a five-year study by Oregon State University shows.

A new study from Swansea University has given new insights into how the greenhouse gas methane is being produced in the surface waters of lakes, which should signal a rethink on the global methane cycle.

It’s hard to find a place in the U.S. that isn’t impacted by wildfires and smoke.

Himalayan glaciers have largely retreated, and lakes now cover the area where the glacier tongue was in earlier times.

Researchers from Tohoku University have discovered a new petit-spot volcano at the oldest section of the Pacific Plate.

Analyzing decades of records, the researchers discovered that the accompanying rainfall tended to be more severe after a hurricane had abated to the category of a tropical storm.

Many East Coast woodlands along the East Coast are gradually turning to ghost forests, as saltwater rises up to 5 millimeters a year in some places, killing tree roots.