4 questions about climate change and the California fires.
The deadly fires that swept through California's wine country made one of the state's most destructive fire seasons on record even worse. As global...
Craft: EPA administrator should see Houston's post-Harvey pollution firsthand.
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No more doubt: Climate change hitting California.
By Tom Elias
President Trump might want to play ostrich about climate change and place his head in the sand near his Mar-a-Lago resort in...
Rare tree species safeguard biodiversity in a changing climate
Rare species of trees in rainforests may help safeguard biodiversity levels as the environment undergoes change, research shows.
Worldwide change in shallow reef ecosystems predicted as waters warm
A new study based on the first global survey of marine life by scuba divers has provided fresh insights into how climate change is...
New light shed on early turquoise mining in Southwest
Researchers are blending archaeology and geochemistry to get a more complete picture of turquoise's mining and distribution in the pre-Hispanic Southwest.
Understanding the coevolving web of life as a network
Coevolution, which occurs when species interact and adapt to each other, is often studied in the context of pair-wise interactions between mutually beneficial symbiotic...
Petals produce a ‘blue halo’ that helps bees find flowers
Latest research has found that several common flower species have nanoscale ridges on the surface of their petals that meddle with light when viewed...
‘Shrinking, shrinking, shrinking’: Puerto Rico faces a demographic disaster.
By Peter Whoriskey,
Long before the winds of Hurricane Maria reached Puerto Rico, another disaster had been wrenching and scattering the lives of island residents.
During...
Illinois sportfish recovery a result of 1972 Clean Water Act, scientists report
Populations of largemouth bass, bluegill, catfish and other sportfish are at the highest levels recorded in more than a century in the Illinois River,...
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