Many butterfly species bear distinct circular markings known as eyespots on their wings, and the functions of these rings of contrasting colours vary.

In the era of big data, one may often need to quantitatively measure the agreement between two multi-dimensional datasets, which could either be a vector field or a combination of multiple scalar and vector fields.

Cities and nations around the globe are shooting for carbon neutrality, with some experts already talking about the need to ultimately reach carbon negativity.

Conservationists, ecologist Mark Schwartz wrote nearly three decades ago, faced a looming conundrum: Many species would likely be unable to keep up with the projected pace of climate change and could face extinction as a result.

For decades, the ice shelf helping to hold back one of the fastest-moving glaciers in Antarctica has gradually thinned.

Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity. 

Satellites reveal fluctuation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and releases from the Yangtze River.

Some climate activists advocate large-scale tree-planting campaigns in forests around the world to suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide and help rein in climate change.

Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology find that plants adapt to heat stress via an epigenetic memory mechanism, where JUMONJI proteins control small heat shock genes.

Researchers have made progress towards a G7 commitment to establish safe standards for the release of antimicrobials into the environment, by developing a new framework that establishes safe thresholds.