Nature

Credit: Jamie Luther Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can't absorb water, so that responsibility falls to the soil next to the road. Unfortunately, those soils are often…

New research has found that environmental efforts aimed at eliminating deforestation from oil palm production have the potential to benefit vulnerable tropical mammals. These findings, published by Conservation Letters, were drawn from…

Limiting global warming to well below 2°C requires a decarbonized world by 2050 at the latest and a corresponding global transformation of the energy and land use systems of societies across the world. To achieve this goal of net-zero…

Shaping sustainable markets -- a conceptual framework illustrated by the case of biogas in SwedenCredit: Mikael Sönne Creating sustainable markets poses particular obstacles: a sustainable market must be continuously shaped and reshaped.…

Improved ship utilization rates and investments in environmentally sustainable technologies for enhanced energy efficiency would significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions within navigation. A recent study carried out in the Laboratory…

Historical insight alters rationale for modern land managementCredit: Elizabeth Chilton, Binghamton University A new study in the journal Nature Sustainability overturns long-held interpretations of the role humans played…

Global South countries will need international support that engages local communities to meet ambitious targetsCredit: Courtesy Maggie Holland The U.N. and other international organizations agree that forest restoration is a critical part…

Credit: David B. Irons Unprecedented numbers of common murres--North Pacific seabirds--died between 2015 and 2016. A new analysis lays out the scope of this event and suggests a potential culprit: severely reduced food supplies…

People who live in more built up areas and spend less free-time in nature are also less likely to take actions that benefit the environment, such as recycling, buying eco-friendly products, and environmental volunteering. The…

Credit: University of Otago World leaders in reptile and amphibian research say there is an urgent international need to acknowledge the evidence for global climate change and take immediate action to help save these vulnerable…