A Wayne State University researcher recently received confirmation for funding of two grants from the National Science Foundation that will help protect the air we breathe and other aspects of our environment.

Exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy increases the risk that a baby will be born too early, a new Stanford University study suggests.

We are collectively failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity and to mobilize natural solutions to help curb global warming. 

Excessive bleeding is, in some sense, an engineering problem.

Iceberg A-74, approximately 1.5 times the size of Greater Paris, calved from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf earlier this year.

The summer season is a prime time to observe colorful displays of phytoplankton in the Labrador and Barents seas.

A new study shows that disappearing sea ice is a significant element of the food web supporting female walruses and their dependent young in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea. 

Most scientists agree climate change has a profound impact on U.S. agricultural production. 

The same phenomenon that causes aurorae -- the magical curtains of green light often visible from the polar regions of the Earth -- causes mesospheric ozone layer depletion. 

During climate extremes, plants cannot produce sufficient energy-rich carbon compounds through photosynthesis and they become dependent on stored reserves.