In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, climate warming has led to an increase in the number and severity of destructive wildfires. Climate change projections indicate that environmental ...

Increasingly severe and numerous wildfires are changing the face of land across the globe, but new research by UC San Diego and others reveals that aquatic ecosystems are also being transformed, the ...

Last week, wildfires blazed across western Canada, turning the town of Jasper, located near Alberta’s Jasper National Park, into ashes. The local government estimated that the fire damaged or ...

Methane—a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide—plays a major role in controlling the Earth's climate. But methane concentrations in the atmosphere today are 150% higher than before the ...

This schematic illustrates the life cycle of conventional imidacloprid (IMI) and its nano-encapsulated form (nano-IMI), from production and field application to environmental emissions. While both ...

An ecosystem is normally defined as a complex of all living (plants, animals, microorganisms) and non-living (soil, climate) components interacting as a functional unit in a certain area. Each ...

Most people assume that wildfire harms aquatic ecosystems and fisheries. But such assumptions are being challenged by new research. There is no doubt that under some conditions, especially immediately ...

About 33 million Nigerians are facing an acute food insecurity risk. To put this into perspective, two out of ten Nigerians face this significant hunger crisis. Nearly 40 percent of children in the ...

A series of wildfire experiments conducted at UC San Diego carry implications for aquatic ecosystems in areas such as the Sierra Nevada mountains. In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, ...

Judith Rosentreter receives funding from the Hutchinson Environmental Program, Yale University. Ben Poulter receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Bradley Eyre ...