Environmental

Scientists examined multiple fire danger indices for the contiguous US to assess the impact of climate change

New tool relies on local traditional ecological and social knowledge for more sustainable conservation strategy

Researchers determine factors for chemical development in crater lakes on Earth

Utah's variable topography produces a tremendous range of wildfire behavior

Survey finds nonnative, invasive species are escaping arboretums

Researchers propose a solution to defining the current level of global warming

Researchers construct plausible daily weather records and streamflow scenarios

Inconsistencies between the results of different global water models make certain conclusions uncertain

Intensity and frequency of heavy rainfall is increasing exponentially with global warming

Findings help put the current anthropogenic climate change in a long-term context

New microanalysis approach has helped researchers separate out signals in pyrite

New models that incorporate more of our understanding of plant physiology project stronger vegetation carbon uptake

Research could be used to help develop compound that tastes bad to bees to be used with pesticides

The solution to the problem is more sustainable land use upstream, rather than mangrove removal

Nearly 60 percent of rockfall hazards in the study zone were attributed to seismic activity

New evidence of just how important secondary forests are in counteracting the effects of forest fragmentation

Scientists judge recycled plastics unfit for most purposes and a hinder in the attempts to create a circular economy

Risk to homes is especially rising in grassland and shrubland areas

Even a minor rise in sea temperature has profound implications for the big bear

Study finds that converting crop residues into biochar could sequester up to one billion tons of carbon annually