Forest restoration can benefit humans, boost biodiversity and help tackle climate change simultaneously, new research suggests.

Researchers at the University of Maryland genetically modified poplar trees to produce high-performance, structural wood without the use of chemicals or energy intensive processing. 

Shipping emissions regulations enacted in 2020 improved air quality but accelerated warming, with more to follow in the near future.

Mars has a notoriously inhospitable environment, with temperatures that fluctuate dramatically over the course of a Martian day and average minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Researchers from Osaka University manipulate how light-absorbing molecules fit together to improve the performance of optoelectronic devices.

Organofluorine compounds — sometimes called ‘forever chemicals’ — are increasingly turning up in our drinking water, oceans and even human blood, posing a potential threat to the environment and human health.

With temperatures rising globally, the need for more sustainable cooling options is also growing. 

Rutgers researchers examined particulate matter from a June 2023 fire that triggered advisories for more than 100 million Americans in the Northeast.

With NASA data showing that July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record and indications that July may have been the hottest month, an Annenberg Public Policy Center survey conducted in mid-July found that most people know three of the symptoms of a heat-related illness but do not know the location of their nearest cooling center.

Heat related mortality would have been 80% higher in absence of the adaptation observed during the present century.