Environment News Service

University of Michigan researchers have used a U.S. Navy ocean forecasting model to predict where internal tides occur in the ocean in order to bring ocean patterns important to weather forecasting and shipping into clearer focus.

Astronauts on long space missions may one day use plants to produce fresh stocks of medicines on demand, thanks to new research by engineers at the University of California San Diego. 

In May and June of most years, NASA satellites typically begin to detect large numbers of wildland fires throughout the Top End and Arnhem Land regions of Australia’s Northern Territory. 

A new technique based on weather data is the first to successfully predict caseloads.

An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

The body can notice stress before the conscious brain — and that’s no lie.

Dan Gillikin surveyed the view from his front window and didn’t like what he saw.

Birmingham researchers’ novel way of producing hydrogen fuel has a lower cost than existing methods.

In mid-April 2026, Super Typhoon Sinlaku churned across the North Pacific Ocean and brought heavy rain and flooding to the Mariana Islands. 

From late May into early June 2026, a broad, slow-spinning storm churned north-northwest over the Philippine Sea toward southern Japan. 

Mangroves could store less carbon – and even begin releasing it – as sea levels rise, new research suggests.

Balancing economic growth and environmental protection is not easy.

“When we talk about textile waste, the debate often focuses on the clothes we throw away.

Kitchen sponges are among the most frequently used household items – and may also represent a previously underestimated source of microplastics.

Tiny particles of rubber cast off by car tires, which have long been known to harm wildlife, may also pose a risk to humans, according to a new study.

In the absence of human interference, the soil beneath the world’s forests normally exhales carbon steadily and consistently. 

The new study mapped and assessed more than 140,000 solar PV installations worldwide using satellite data.

From sizzling bacon in the kitchen to wildfire smoke in the sky, cooking and pollution release microscopic particles that affect humans' health, the air they breathe, and even weather and climate.

The plumbing systems of volcanos are vast and complex. But they aren’t consistent, even in the same volcano.

Cornell researchers have developed a new type of computing device that stores information electrically but reads it through tiny mechanical motion, an unusual approach that could open a path toward more energy-efficient hardware for artificial intelligence and scientific computing.