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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
As the climate changes, living things must adapt to new environmental conditions in one of two ways – either geographically or genetically. While it’s relatively simple for scientists to track and record a species’ geographic movements, proving their genetic adaptation over time can be much more difficult.
One of the main reasons plants use water is to allow them to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The early blooms of some of Washington D.C.’s iconic cherry blossoms this year set off a flurry of questions: Were trees communicating sensitivity to climate change?
Smoke particulates from wildfires could lead to between 4,000 and 9,000 premature deaths and cost $36 to $82 billion per year in the United States, according to new research by Cornell, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST) and the University of Houston.
Research explores how a warming world could impact ecosystems and derail the development of new species.
If you’ve ever wondered how the monarch butterfly got its spots, University of Georgia researchers may have just found the answer.
