In Nevada’s dry Ivanpah Valley, just southeast of Las Vegas, a massive unintended experiment in animal conservation has revealed an unexpected result.

The Fraser River estuary in British Columbia is home to 102 species at risk of extinction. A new study says it’s not too late to save these species if action is taken now.

The scenario framework contains a set of scenarios about how society may evolve in the future ̶ so-called Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) ̶ and defines different levels of climate change known as Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs).

The new broad-based Europe Biodiversity Observation Network: integrating data streams to support policy (EuropaBON), research project will be coordinated by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv).

Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in air.

As nations went into lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19, factories halted and cars sat idle, clearing the skies above polluted cities and sending climate-changing emissions to historic lows. 

Physical activity makes happy and is important to maintain psychic health. 

University of Copenhagen researchers have been following vegetation trends across the planet's driest areas using satellite imagery from recent decades.

To see how deeply interconnected the planet truly is, look no further than the massive ice sheets on the Northern Hemisphere and South Pole.

Leipzig. Researchers at Leipzig University (UL) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) have compiled the world’s most comprehensive list of known plant species.