When you think of China, do you think of potatoes? Maybe not, but in the Loess Plateau region of northwestern China, potato is the main food crop.

Writing in Scientific Reports, researchers say effective management of the marine environment could mitigate the impact of future global changes.

Forests (national, state, private) provide an important ecosystem service in the form of carbon sequestration – the uptake and storage of carbon in forests and wood products.

A team of scientists have discovered that the exchange of water between the North and South Atlantic became significantly larger fifty-nine million years ago.

The first study to investigate microplastics around Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands – two of the most remote locations in the South Atlantic Ocean – has found levels of contamination comparable with the waters around the UK.

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types of microbes, many of which use hydrocarbons such as methane and butane as energy sources to survive and grow—meaning the newly identified bacteria might be helping to limit the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and might one day be useful for cleaning up oil spills.

Since the age of the Roman Empire and the story of how the twins Romulus and Remus were raised by a wolf, tales of interspecies adoptions have captivated the human imagination.

NOAA’s California Veterans Corps program, providing post-9/11 veterans with opportunities to protect fisheries resources, is now engaged in restoring abalone along the California coast.

Studies by Brazilian researchers could have applications in crude oil pumping and missions to Mars, among others.

A new study shows extreme heat events both in the summer and in the winter are increasing across the U.S. and Canada.