Global climate change is reshaping the presence, occurrence, fate, and transport of pollutants, amplifying and altering their ...
Researchers have shown that the effects of wildfires are not limited to terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems are also undergoing rapid changes. The study found that fire debris transforms lakes ...
An ecosystem is normally defined as a complex of all living (plants, animals, microorganisms) and non-living (soil, climate) components interacting as a functional unit in a certain area. Each ...
Methane—a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide—plays a major role in controlling the Earth's climate. But methane concentrations in the atmosphere today are 150% higher than before the ...
Most people assume that wildfire harms aquatic ecosystems and fisheries. But such assumptions are being challenged by new research. There is no doubt that under some conditions, especially immediately ...
In 2022, smoke from wildfires spread across Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Credit: Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Amid an unusual September heat wave, several major wildfires are raging ...
A man in glasses looks into a fish tank in which fish of many colors are swimming. Ecotoxicologist Bob Wong studies how fish change when exposed to the antidepressant medication fluoxetine. Credit: ...
Anthony Ricciardi receives research funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and from the Bieler School of Environment (McGill University). He is a member of the ...
Methane emissions from aquatic ecosystems are potentially a larger source of methane than direct anthropogenic methane sources, such as agriculture or fossil fuel combustion. Aquatic ecosystems and ...
A French startup is using mollusks to monitor and protect aquatic environments. Sentinel oysters and other bivalve mollusks are now monitoring ocean water quality and environmental degradation in ...
Judith Rosentreter receives funding from the Hutchinson Environmental Program, Yale University. Ben Poulter receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Bradley Eyre ...