Climate change and deforestation could double the area burned by fire in the southern Amazon by 2050, flipping the forest from carbon sponge to source.
Five decades ago, scientists were puzzled over a slight dip in global temperatures. Today we know it was just a blip, and that Earth’s climate is warming thanks to industrial activity over the last century.
Under power lines, honeybees might suffer neurological effects from exposure to electromagnetic fields.
Timber traffickers are plundering the world’s forests, but conservationists have a new set of tools to fight deforestation.
Michelle O’Malley studies anaerobic gut fungi, microbes that could help make chemicals and fuels from sustainable sources.
A new IPCC report gives the lowdown on how climate change is already wreaking havoc on Earth’s oceans and frozen regions, and how much worse things could get.
Scientists have previously implicated neonicotinoid pesticides in declining bee populations. Now a study suggests that songbirds are affected, too.
An environmental scientist discusses possible impacts from the thousands of fires burning across the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
Acidified soil loses calcium, which can affect trees’ ability to hang on to water.
Carbon nanotubes designed to release plastic-eroding chemicals could clear the long-lasting trash from waterways.