Reduced dust slows winds, increases air stagnation over cities like Beijing; implications for U.S., other cities as well

Finding could improve water supply forecasting

The findings may help reduce cancer by driving policy to lower pollution in areas with high cancer rates linked to the environment

A bacterial boost for bio-based fuels

Water filtration with CO2 uses 1,000 times less energy than conventional methods

Mapping deep reefs produces valuable data for researchers, conservationists

“A lot of the powerful environmental events that happen in the oceans occur when we’re not there,” says Deborah Kelley, director of the OOI Cabled Array

Experiment pushes toward the promise of algae as a clean, renewable food and fuel source

New molybdenum-coated catalyst produces hydrogen more efficiently

Recent study looked at responses to extreme temperature exposures in the same reefs over time, and found less coral bleaching in 11 of the 21 coral species studied

The researchers used leaf litter data in streams from 1,025 publications

A University of Washington team has made new headway on a solution to remove beetle-killed trees from the forest and use them to make renewable transportation fuels or high-value chemicals