Researchers found that the combination of heat waves and high PM2.5 pollution led to nearly 700,000 premature deaths in the ...

Data dashboards assist in understanding a community’s vulnerability to climate impacts, but input from the communities ...

The complexity of modeling the tropical Atlantic makes identifying the source of the ongoing seaweed blooms difficult.

The bad odors of air pollution are difficult to regulate, but can pose significant health risks, reduce a home’s property ...

Climate models produce widely varying predictions for what will happen to this influential ocean current, but most models ...

Purple pigmentation in a diverse array of algae absorbs heat and creates a feedback loop responsible for 2% of total daily ...

The most populated cities in the country are slowly subsiding, posing risks to infrastructure and exacerbating flooding—and ...

Contrary to common assumptions, Arctic ponds mix in more than one direction. A new study finds that nighttime sideways flows, not vertical mixing, renew bottom waters.

Over the past decade, the Curiosity rover has repeatedly detected methane on the surface of Mars. This gas is often produced ...

Direct lightning strikes cause minimal damage to Dipteryx oleifera. But these same strikes effectively kill parasitic vines and neighboring trees that compete with the species for light and nutrients.

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. The Trump administration ...

Divisions under all eight of NSF's directorates, including directorates focused on biological sciences, are being abolished by the agency. Credit: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash Research ...