A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the Ben Gurion University of the Negev has identified specialized immune cells in the cauliflower coral and starlet sea anemone that can help fight infection.

Study finds that Indigenous Territories are as effective as Protected Areas in preserving forest's carbon stocks

UC Santa Barbara experts weigh in on the effects of offshore wind energy

Warming water and receding sea ice in the Western Antarctic Peninsula is changing the local plankton community with potential consequences for climate change, according to research led by scientists from Duke University and Duke Kunshan.

Pollinating insects such as bees, butterflies, hoverflies and wasps, interact more with plants at well-managed farmland ponds than those that are severely overgrown by trees, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

In June 2021, algal slicks painted the waters green off Qingdao, China, during the region’s largest bloom on record.

One of the big unknowns about the future Arctic is whether plant communities around the Northern Hemisphere will continue to increase their carbon uptake as atmospheric CO2 rises.

Recent years have seen a spate of coral bleaching events, where reefs stressed by unusually warm waters turned white.

Disappearing habitats and use of pesticides are driving the loss of pollinator species around the world, posing a threat to “ecosystem services” that provide food and wellbeing to many millions – particularly in the Global South – as well as billions of dollars in crop productivity.

Sea surface temperatures are a fair predictor of the readiness of the ocean to fuel and sustain storms.