With just one water sample, and using no nets or fishhooks, the University of New Brunswick’s Dr. Scott Pavey can tell what types of fish live in a stream or lake.

Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) will lead the development of the first Australian satellite designed to predict where bushfires are likely to start and those that will be difficult to contain.

With climate change, the issues of land are becoming more important.

All over the world, the rate at which humans consume fresh water is now approaching or surpassing the rate at which water sources are being naturally replenished, creating water shortages for people and ecosystems. 

The threat to insects and other small creatures from rainforest clearance and the consequences for the environment in tropical regions are recognised. 

As nations prepare to mitigate climate change, decision makers need to understand how land use fits into the climate equation.

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.

The 2014 Carlton Complex wildfire in north central Washington was the largest contiguous fire in state history. 

Only a fraction of conventional row crop farmers grow cover crops after harvest, but a new global analysis from the University of Illinois shows the practice can boost soil microbial abundance by 27%.

Without forest fires or controlled burns, woody residues build up in a thick, highly combustible layer on the forest floor.