Climate & Environment
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience is building a new model for global water access, one that is grounded in a deep understanding of why so many past efforts have fallen short.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Ʒ’s Zia Mehrabi is one of three researchers named international champions of the Frontiers Planet Prize for research that finds environmental and social benefits of agricultural diversification.
For six weeks this summer, scientists from across the country, including researchers at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, are criss-crossing the Great Plains to investigate how hailstorms form—and how homeowners and builders can protect their properties.
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the movie "Jaws," which made generations of audiences afraid to go in the water again. It also created a lot of misconceptions about sharks, says ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· biologist Andrew Martin.
Scientists used fossil groundwater and model simulations to identify regional differences in aquifer response during the Last Glacial Termination, a period of warming, ice sheet loss and major environmental change that occurred between 20,000 and 11,000 years ago.
Ecologist Katharine Suding shares insights on the increasing risks of grassland fire across the country.
Robert Brakenridge has spent decades trying to understand how distant exploding stars may have affected Earth's atmosphere in the past. A new analysis indicates the need for continued research in the field.
At a regional plenary of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, co-sponsored by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, speakers called for action that centers human stories, local wisdom and nature-based solutions to break the cycle of environmental injustice.
A field campaign on an Oklahoma feedlot that aimed to measure aerosols in the atmosphere yielded surprising results.
American honeybee colonies have declined by more than 60% this year. A ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· entomologist is racing to find a solution.