Although biologists have studied seasonal processes for centuries, we know surprisingly little about the impacts of shifting ...

All animals and plants are important to their environment, but are some more important than others? Every ecosystem consists ...

Glacial troughs in Antarctica promote mixing of warm and cold water, affecting global climate. A new study explores whether ...

For many people, "plastic pollution" calls to mind pictures of turtles and other marine life drowning in single-use plastic ...

Two key trends undermine free-flowing rivers: large-scale dams and climate change. Globally, construction of large dams fell ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of currents carries vast amounts of warm, salty surface water northward. As this water ...