One dataset used in the study looked at tree species abundance in the United States. Virginia’s forests, among the nation’s ...

Fire was a historically frequent and recurring element of the Michigan landscape before the era of fire suppression that followed European colonization. Native people burned habitats for a variety of ...

Scientists made fake leaves and dropped them in water tanks to observe how different shapes move as they sink.

A storm as ferocious as the one of 12,350 BC would likely cause complete mayhem if it were to strike Earth and its ...

More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway.

The ancient event, over 500 times stronger than any modern storm, would be devastating were it to happen today.

To understand the intensity of the ancient radiocarbon spike, they created a new chemistry-climate model, SOCOL:14C-Ex.

Scientists have uncovered the strongest solar storm ever recorded, striking Earth in 12350 BC — 500 times stronger than any ...

Researchers traced a genetic mutation that provides resistance to HIV back to a single individual near the Black Sea 6,700 to ...

On May 5, the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management continued its Bren Seminar series with Postdoctoral Researcher Julie Edwards. Edwards’ lecture “Climate Change Detection and Attribution ...

The longer, warmer days of spring spark phenological changes in trees, from root to tip. As the limbs of trees stretch and ...

To examine growth rings without cutting down or permanently damaging a tree, researchers drill perpendicular to the trunk and ...