Plant-based alternatives to beef have the potential to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but their growth in popularity could disrupt the agricultural workforce, threatening more than 1.5 million industry jobs, new economic models show.

Precipitation alone does not properly characterize vegetation water stresses.

Global ocean temperatures are increasing due to climate change, exposing ecosystems to extreme temperatures called marine heatwaves (MHWs), which can increase the temperature of marine waters by 5°C higher than normal in summer. 

For every three trees dying from drought in the Amazon rainforest, a fourth tree – even though not directly affected – will die, too. 

A new study uses data from the ECOSTRESS instrument aboard the space station to better understand why some parts of a wildfire burn more intensely than others.

Part of an array of marine and air uncrewed tools NOAA is using to improve forecast models

Preparedness is key during the peak months of hurricane season

Record-breaking rainfall brought devastating flash floods and landslides to Missouri, Kentucky, and other parts of the central United States in the last week of July 2022.

Researchers are studying the way warming water temperatures will impact the Great Lakes region. 

It was just a piece of junk sitting in the back of a lab at the MIT Nuclear Reactor facility, ready to be disposed of.