When species are subjected to changing environments, they can survive in their current location through genetic adaptation. However, this ability is not unlimited. In a study published in PNAS, ...

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 ...

As rising global temperatures alter ecosystems worldwide, animal species usually have two choices: adapt to changing local conditions or flee to a cooler clime. Ecologists have long assumed that the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As climate change rapidly transforms ecosystems, it threatens to wipe out vital species, potentially leading to ecosystem collapse. Islands, to ...

A large part of South Jersey’s sprawling Pine Barrens region will be the focus of a new climate change study. The Burlington County Southwest Pinelands Regional Resiliency Study will assess the ...

One third of the world’s coral reefs may be able to withstand the impacts of climate change by 2050, according to a study conducted by the conservation NGO Wildlife Conservation Society and ...

Aerospace and Our Changing Environment focuses on how aerospace innovations help us understand climate change while providing new technologies to respond to the challenge. Aerospace and Our Changing ...