Using mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered that rate-induced tipping, which can happen if an environment changes too fast, can happen even in Daisyworld, a simple daisy-filled ecological ...

Plants play a key role in regulating Earth's climate, but recent research suggests that rising temperatures could disrupt ...

Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power their photosynthesis, which may be an evolutionary adaptation to a time when the oceans were iron-rich and green-tin ...

Methanol, important for the manufacture of many everyday goods and for its green energy potential, may soon be produced faster and more efficiently.

The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is rising rapidly, with numerous negative consequences for the climate. However, ...

In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...