Little food reaches the depths below the permanently ice-covered Arctic Ocean, because light limits the productivity of algae.

Agriculture accounts for around 25 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. 

What factors drive the health, growth and productivity of giant kelp? 

Researchers at the University of Oxford have collaborated with industry experts to develop an adaptable smart window technology that could reduce the energy usage of an average home by up to a third.

In a landmark study of airborne microorganisms from ground level up to 3,500 metres, scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that bacteria and fungi populate the planet's lower atmosphere in very specific ways and if changed, may negatively impact human health and food supply.

Because infected people begin excreting virus days before developing symptoms, wastewater monitoring can provide an early warning of infection in the community.

With the federal government planning to hold the largest sale of offshore wind farm leases in the nation’s history, a new Cornell study could help inform the development of offshore wind farms by providing detailed models characterizing the frequency, intensity and height of low-level regions of fast-moving winds over the U.S.

In a new University of Houston study using an advanced remote imaging system known as synthetic aperture radar interferometry, three glaciers at the South Pole are being documented with levels of clarity and completeness never seen before.

Some plants and patches of Earth withstand heat and dry spells better than others. A new Stanford University study shows those different coping mechanisms are closely linked to wildfire burn areas, posing increasing risks in an era of climate change.

When we think of climate change, we often imagine how a warmer world will impact species, but a new study highlights the importance of changes in precipitation.