Environmental research as a research area encompasses the systematic, interdisciplinary study of physical, chemical, biological, and socio-economic processes that govern the natural and built environments, including their interactions with human activities. It investigates phenomena such as pollutant fate and transport, ecosystem structure and function, climate and atmospheric processes, land-use change, and resource dynamics, often integrating field observations, laboratory experiments, remote sensing, and computational modeling. The field aims to quantify environmental change, assess risks and impacts on ecosystems and human health, and provide an empirical basis for environmental management, conservation strategies, regulatory frameworks, and sustainability-oriented policy development.
Getting people to change their behavior is a challenging task. From the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment to the Piano Stair Experiment, scientists have been trying to understand what motivates people to alter their actions ...
Environment
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Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some ...
Environment
Apr 21, 2026
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In a new report published in the journal Environmental Justice, Paul Mohai of the University of Michigan examined how new tools are leading to innovative policies to protect vulnerable communities from disproportionate environmental ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2026
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Lipid research investigates the structure, function and metabolism of fats, covering their roles in industrial processes, the environment and health. Emerging research areas include nutrient regulation, cardiovascular health, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 13, 2026
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Heat, air pollution, and flooding can affect a city and the health of city residents. Yet few cities have a comprehensive network of weather stations providing accurate measurements of rainfall, humidity, and air temperature ...
Environment
Apr 13, 2026
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Scientific expeditions require months of planning before scientists can acquire the first data. A bark cuts through the Arctic silence, waking Anna up. She slept only three hours after collecting the last sample. Anna reaches ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2026
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Extreme climate impacts on people and the environment are often associated with very high levels of global warming (3 or 4°C). A new study led by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) shows that this assumption ...
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Mar 25, 2026
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Local recreation areas play an important role in reducing stress. In two new publications, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL show how visual impressions and sounds interact ...
Environment
Mar 8, 2026
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Neutron stars harbor some of the most extreme environments in the universe: their densities soar to several times those of atomic nuclei, and they possess some of the strongest gravitational fields of any known objects, surpassed ...
Astronomy
Mar 6, 2026
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Efforts to advance toward a more sustainable world focus heavily on a limited set of actions and actors while overlooking key strategies and sectors needed to address the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, according to ...
Environment
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