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.
Britain's flagship polar research vessel heads to Antarctica next week to help advance dozens of climate change-linked science projects, as Western nations spearhead studies there while the United States withdraws.
Environment
Oct 12, 2025
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Forming sustainable research partnerships with Indigenous peoples requires trust and mutual benefit, say microbiome researchers in an opinion paper published in Trends in Microbiology. The paper presents a framework for building ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2025
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Two authors from ETH Zurich and RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau have concluded that the rapid production and distribution of chemicals in the environment means that regulatory risk assessment can no longer keep pace with their ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2025
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An international study led by the University of Portsmouth has revealed reluctance from industry scientists to test chemicals for their effects on human and wildlife behavior, despite growing evidence linking environmental ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2025
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Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to improve its resilience against global warming, the European Union's environment agency warned on Monday.
Environment
Sep 29, 2025
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Canada's government and health science sectors should commit to researching the health effects of oil sands tailings, as previous research suggests that air, water, and land contaminations negatively affect local people's ...
Environment
Sep 15, 2025
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For over 80 years, researchers have documented how powerful industries can exert influence over the very institutions meant to regulate them—a phenomenon known as "corporate capture."
Environment
Sep 10, 2025
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In 2023, the Amazon rainforest experienced its worst recorded drought since records began. River levels dropped dramatically and vegetation at all levels deteriorated due to intense heat and water shortages. In such conditions, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 5, 2025
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University of Toledo environmental researchers trooped through the woods and wetlands of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge for a week in early June. Their mission? To outfit an approximately 16-acre site with nearly 300 ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 3, 2025
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Insufficient monitoring leaves gaps in our knowledge of Antarctica's unique lifeforms and ecosystems—and their global significance. A new paper led by University of Wollongong researchers calls for the urgent expansion ...
Ecology
Aug 19, 2025
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