Environment Archives

Urban Gardens a Haven for Pollinators

Insect-friendly urban gardens show great promise to be havens for bees and other pollinators, securing their future and allowing them to thrive.

Travelers with FjordPhyto sample phytoplankton in Antarctica, helping scientists learn how this fertile ocean region is changing.

Stem rust might be the bane of a wheat crop, but researchers may have found a solution that could protect the popular grain.

At a remote Antarctic outpost, cameras capture time-lapse images of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Antarctica shows climate change.

How can it snow when temperatures are above freezing? Mountain Rain or Snow has the answer — and wants your help studying it.

These goats that live in the Italian Alps appear to be shrinking in size, according to research from Durham University.

Ocean acidification is killing young oysters, clams, and mussels in U.S. coastal regions that depend on these shellfish. Find out why.

Play a fun tablet game, learn about coral reefs and help NASA scientists build an algorithm that will map out the world’s coral!

A substantial snowpack helps forests heal after fire season, but what can be done with higher temperatures and lower precipitation?

Watching Arctic Ice Melt: Researchers photographed large ponds of meltwater sitting on the Arctic ice to track climate change.