In 2022, severe lightning ignited many fires in Alaska.

Novel approach to measuring microbe activity in wetted soil leads to better understanding of vulnerability, researchers report.

Wastewater treatment plants are undoubtedly a great achievement.

Climate change has long been considered as one of the greatest drivers of declining coral reefs, but the specifics of human impact have been largely unverified.

A subpolar species associated with Atlantic water expanded far into the Arctic Ocean during the Last Interglacial, analysis of microfossil content of sediment cores reveals.

New research published today in Nature has revealed the importance of mineral forms of iron in regulating the cycling of this bio-essential nutrient in the ocean.

Wildfires are an ancient force shaping the environment, but they have grown in frequency, range and intensity in response to a changing climate.

In mid-July 2023, heat-stressed corals in the southern Florida Keys began bleaching—expelling their food-producing algal partners—amid the hottest water temperatures ever documented in the region during the satellite record (dating back to 1985).

When driving through a rainstorm, traction is key.

An annual survey led by VIMS researchers mapped 76,462 acres of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in 2022.