As wildfires grow larger and more frequent across the West, researchers from Colorado, Utah, and California are digging into how smoke affects the air—and our health.

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a piece that was missing in previous descriptions of the way Earth recycles its carbon. 

Improving biodiversity and maintaining yields at the same time? For many, this sounds like a contradiction in terms. 

“Climate change has already caused more than 12,000 species to shift their homes across land, freshwater and the sea,” says the University of Adelaide’s Dr Chloe Hayes, who has published a study on the new approach.

The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases.

Illinois once harbored more than 8 million acres of wetlands. By the 1980s, all but 1.2 million wetland acres had been lost, filled in for development or drained to make way for agriculture.

Most Californians are familiar with earthquakes. But researchers say the state faces an overlooked threat: “supershear” earthquakes that move so fast they outrun their own seismic waves.

In the U.S., more than one third of food goes to waste. As such, more food ends up in landfills than any other material.

The global water cycle has become increasingly erratic and extreme, swinging between deluge and drought, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

If the goal of monitoring our natural resources is to protect the environment, shouldn’t the technology involved be sustainable as well?