Tag: ENN

At first glance, the 400 acres of soybeans growing on the Preston family’s dairy farm in southern Michigan looks like a typical field. But these aren’t ordinary soybeans.

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San Andreas fault meets the Cascadia subduction zone, an area that could give rise to devastating major earthquakes. 

Tropical forests can recover twice as quickly after deforestation if they have adequate soil nitrogen, according to new research published today.

Wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope were more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study recently published in the journal Biogeosciences.

Study believed to be the first to test this method in real-world farming conditions; soil amendments resulted in fewer locusts, less damage and a doubled crop yield.

In an ecosystem that’s losing much of its biodiversity, mosquitoes might be shifting to a new food source.

Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural areas in greater quantities than in cities, researchers say.

Although honey bees have the ability to regulate hive temperatures, new research published in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology shows that extreme summer heat can overwhelm these critical pollinators' cooling systems, leading to significant colony population declines.

Water extremes such as droughts and floods have a huge impact on communities, ecosystems, and economies. 

A study of the environmental conditions around fish farms reveals a surprising trend.