Environment

Deep in the ocean, brown algae and diatoms produce a complex carbohydrate molecule called fucoidan, which helps form the algae's protective outer layer. The fucoidan molecule is very difficult for microbes to break down because its chemical structure may...

One of the problems with how America deals with wildfires is thinking there is one primary strategy that can end the nation’s wildfire crisis. Whether that’s detecting and putting out every fire fast, increasing logging...

"This is national and international infrastructure," he said, warning that the ecological system underpinning it is "approaching a tipping point".Not all the forces driving glacier loss are beyond the region's control.The Systemiq research estimates that roughly a third of...