As the global population surpasses 8 billion, the challenge of producing sufficient food becomes increasingly pressing.

Rice engineers demonstrate versatile, cost-effective way to make high-quality advanced materials.

Wheat is the world’s most important grain. But it has high environmental costs due to the need to fertilize with nitrogen. 

Hurricane Helene intensified as it approached Florida’s Big Bend in fall 2024, ultimately making landfall as a Category 4 storm at 11:10 p.m. Eastern Time on September 27. 

A study led by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR) in Colombia warns of the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria in microplastics extracted from water, sediments and the digestive tract of fish in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, the largest and most productive coastal lagoon system in the Colombian Caribbean.

A recent study at McGill University provides new insights into how winter storms develop in the St. Lawrence River Valley, findings that could potentially improve the accuracy of winter weather forecasts in the region.

Hydrilla verticillate (hydrilla), one of North America’s most invasive species, was found for the first time in Canada.

Microplastic pollution is a significant environmental problem that harms animals and people and affects ecosystems worldwide.

New research highlights inequities in heat adaptation calling for policy changes to address growing heat challenges.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba showed that the 1995 Kobe (Hyogo-ken Nanbu) earthquake, which struck southern Hyogo Prefecture, may have been triggered by deep underground flooding beneath Arima Hot Springs.