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.
The Trump administration, pursuing its deeply skeptical approach to climate change, wants to severely cut back the research arm of a government agency that plays a pivotal role in global climate science, US media reported ...
Environment
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Based on data in the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and the life cycle approach, the Amalur EIS environmental information system, created by the Ekopol group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), ...
Environment
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Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its mission to protect human health and the environment.
Environment
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A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next month to explore why the ice of one of the mountain's most iconic glaciers is so close to the melting point.
Earth Sciences
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When a star dies in a supernova, one possible outcome is for the remains to become a neutron star. Inside a neutron star, the protons and electrons combine into uncharged neutrons. This substance is called neutron matter.
General Physics
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Getting something for nothing doesn't work in physics. But it turns out that, by thinking like a strategic gamer, and with some help from a demon, improved energy efficiency for complex systems like data centers might be ...
Nanophysics
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