Massive Science Report № 1
We've gathered a team of geneticists, biologists, and environmental scientists to bring you the most up-to-date report on the science, history, and safety of genetically-modified organisms.
A. Gerst, ESA/NASA
Marine Science
University of Rhode Island
As climate change encroaches, our heritage is drowning
Archaeology
New York University
The fossil record shows that nature doesn't always make the right choices
Geology
Government of Greenland
Climate change is upending migration patterns that predate Cleopatra
Environmental Physiology
McMaster University
New research suggests carbon dioxide released from dying forests equals emissions from 11 million cars
Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
Oceanography
University of Washington
Prioritizing data over action can be counterproductive – but so is a muddled message
Ecology
Wake Forest University
New crop practices trap more carbon in the soil, increasing rainfall and adding profits
Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
We need chemicals for daily life, but seem to feel 'apocalypse fatigue' around their dangers
Marine Science
University of Rhode Island
No one evades global increases in extreme weather, disease, and injury
Emergency Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University
Traci Lawson / Flickr
Ecology
Wake Forest University
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Science education has become a political issue, but civic engagement can still work wonders
Polar Science
University of Texas at Austin
Scientists found cocaine – and a lot of other chemicals – in Minnesota snow
Marine Science
University of Rhode Island
The west's dramatic coastlines have masked rising tides, but that doesn’t mean the future is dry
Oceanography
University of Washington
It's not just flatulent cows
Ecology
Wake Forest University
Ecology
University of Minnesota
New research seems to resolve a puzzle of why plants struggled in the past
Earth System Science
UC Irvine
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Plants depend on cycles of light. Now, they're always on
Ecology
Sometimes my job is to fly sensors on kites – for science
Atmospheric Science
University of Hawaii
Doing science far away helped this ecologist talk to those close to home
Ecology
Wake Forest University
Gabriela Serrato Marks
Marine Geology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plants are reaching their carbon-storage limit
Ecosystem Ecology
University of Montana
Scientists are finding decades-old DDT and PCB flowing from the Tibetan Plateau
Oceanography
Colorado School of Mines
An ER doctor explains how these shifts compound childhood illness
Emergency Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University
A new study reveals decades of cumulative change at an oilfield where caribou raise their young
Polar Science
University of Texas at Austin
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Environmental Health
University of Georgia
A new study says forests, swamps, and soil are the cheapest ways to help save the planet
Ecology
University of Wyoming
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In the era of GMO crops, farmers can learn old lessons of diversity
Marine Geology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
O'opu make extreme treks to breed that depend on stable climate conditions
Atmospheric Science
University of Hawaii
Meet the researchers searching for more climate-friendly architecture
Architecture and Thermal Engineering
Harvard University and McGill University
Ecology
Wake Forest University
Animals are adapting to pollutants in surprising and often costly ways
Environmental Physiology
McMaster University
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Climate change is shifting storm paths, and new targets are underprepared
Microbial Ecology
Oregon State University
Why researchers are starting to think differently about biodiversity
Ecology
Wake Forest University
Prescribed burns lessen the damage, but the risk repels lawmakers
Microbial Ecology
Oregon State University
Marine Science
University of Rhode Island
There's a growing body of evidence that humans have been modifying tropical forests for over 40,000 years
Ecology
Wake Forest University
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CRISPR and other tech could help us produce more food, but only if we drop the GMO stigma
Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Don't drain these swamps
Environmental Science
Nova Scotia Nature Trust
Look, sometimes you need to "offload water" from a giant albatross...for science
Environmental Science
University of Rhode Island
Physiology, Marine Biology, and Ecology
Harvard University
We're just starting to learn about the effects of POP soup and what we can do about it.
Marine Science
University of Rhode Island
This seemingly mundane plant might be more important than we realize.
Marine Biology
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The ocean contains many vulnerable ecosystems that need protecting. So where should we start?
Marine Chemical Biology
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
