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Genomics Takes On Crop Disease

Genomics opens the way for scientists to track where and which plants are affected most by rapidly spreading pathogens.

These five citizen science projects call on you to observe your local weather and bodies of water, snow or no!

Did you participate in the largest ever fungi bioblitz? Read about the citizen science push cataloging fungi diversity in North…

Renewable energy sources include wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric power. In the battle for renewable energy, which will come out…

The beloved American pika is losing its habitat. These little animals could loose 75 percent of their range quite soon…

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

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

Would you like to help scientists study the Earth and the ways in which our planet is changing? There's an…

The Greenland ice sheets are losing their ability to retain meltwater, resulting in faster runoff of meltwater into the ocean.

Food waste is a big problem in the United States, where each household discards an average of one third of…