Palm oil is in demand, and its agricultural footprint is expanding in the tropics. New research suggests that habitat buffers could improve conservation and prevent erosion that cuts into economic returns.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Space weather forecasting is benefiting, and can benefit much further, from concepts and tools already developed by the global meteorological community.Read More »Natural Hazards
The deep seafloor could provide humans with supplies of valuable metals, but opinion is divided as to whether sustainable exploitation is possible and worth the ecological and economic risk.Read More »
If greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase through the end of this century, ER visits for allergic asthma could increase by 10 percent in the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast combined.Read More »Natural Hazards
Grouping targets that need to be hit into composite goals may help countries evaluate their progress toward sustainable development targets laid out by the United Nations.Read More »Ocean Sciences
On World Oceans Day, let's reflect on the now realizable potential for investing in and building upon new opportunities that beckon from the sea.Read More »
Countries ratifying the Paris climate agreement need strong financial incentives to convince them to choose renewables over fossil fuels, according to World Bank president.Read More »
