The seventh edition of the Global Outlook (GEO-7) offers a stark vision of the decades to come. But its authors say the worst ...

The dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) play a critical role in the global carbon cycle. In context of global warming, ...

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 1, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 11, and SDG 13. Over the past decades, environmental changes and disasters such as landslides, flooding, and ...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks released a new report this week highlighting environmental changes and extremes that impact Alaskans and their livelihoods. 'Alaska's Changing Environment' provides ...

As the Arctic warms, polar bears now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens than bears three decades ago, according to a new study. As the Arctic warms, polar bears now face a greater ...

This is the first story in a series featuring Duke experts on issues of neurodiversity. Research into how climate change and air pollution affect the developing brain has grown exponentially in recent ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The combined effects of humanity’s actions are making ecosystems less resistant to change, and threatening the vital ecosystem services humanity ...

Indigenous peoples and local communities are reporting a series of tangible and nuanced impacts of climate change, according to a new study. The study collected 1,661 firsthand reports of change in ...

FILE - American white pelicans at Oregon's Lake Klamath. Populations of the birds have declined due to drought in some areas of the state, and have climbed at colonies on the Lower Columbia River. Jes ...

Arun Durvasula has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Science. Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she told me, “Genetics ...

Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene function that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, plays a pivotal role in understanding the complex interplay between genetics and the environment ...