A physicist, a mathematician, and an economist walk into a bakery. It sounds like the opening of a witty one-liner, but for Jeff Gore, the Latham Family Career Development Assistant Professor of Physics at MIT, it marks the ...
Ecology
Dec 30, 2014
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A previously unknown mathematical property has been found to be behind one of nature's greatest mysteries – how ecosystems survive.
Mathematics
Dec 22, 2014
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New research has found Mountain Ash forests provide more value to the community and the global climate when protected and not logged.
Environment
Nov 11, 2014
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Geographers at the University of Southampton have developed a new way to measure the 'health' of poor regional communities. They aim to improve the wellbeing of people by guiding sustainable development practices to help ...
Environment
Sep 25, 2014
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As population grows, society needs more—more energy, more food, more paper, more housing, more of nearly everything. Meeting those needs can lead to changes in how land is used.
Environment
May 29, 2014
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The US Global Change Research Program released its Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) of the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems this Tuesday, May 6. The NCA is the most comprehensive peer-reviewed ...
Environment
May 7, 2014
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Quick and efficient measurement to assess vegetation in natural ecosystems around Australia is being made possible by a University of Adelaide research project combining computer vision and environmental science.
Environment
May 2, 2014
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Protecting a county's natural resources and its fiscal health may seem to be competing goals, but a recent University of Georgia study provides a blueprint for achieving both.
Environment
Feb 28, 2014
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A new study led by University of Minnesota researchers demonstrates that fertilization of natural grasslands—either intentionally or unintentionally as a side effect of global farming and industry—is having a destabilizing ...
Ecology
Feb 16, 2014
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Natural resource managers, policymakers and their advisers, and scientists have similar ideas about which research questions could, if answered, most increase the effectiveness of US natural resource management policies. ...
Other
Feb 5, 2014
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