If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer is a resounding yes—and we know this for certain because of the vast network of audio recorders that ...

When an animal's environment changes faster than the animal can adapt, its chances of survival can flatline. The same is true for populations and even entire species. Now, scientists at MIT and the ...

A sweeping new Cal Poly study of North American birds reveals that environmental change does not affect all species equally and that a bird's traits can explain whether populations rise or fall as ...

It is not dead. But, it just doesn't seem quite right.Perhaps you are tilting your head while looking at the pot in front of ...

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty ...

Human activities profoundly affect natural systems and the services they provide to society. NATCHANGE (Natural Environmental Change Center) researchers measure and predict outcomes of environmental ...