New research shows that promoting cleaner, more efficient technologies for producing charcoal in Africa can save lives and have significant climate change and development benefits. (Harvard School of Public Health press release)

Capturing the Sun's rays in the summer to heat homes in the winter will soon be a reality in a neighborhood in Alberta. (Natural Resources Canada press release)

The innumerable benefits provided by the Earth have been depleted at an unprecedented rate in the past 50 years. (Oregon State University press release)

A new report presents a global view of disaster risks associated with several major natural hazards -- drought, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides. (The Earth Institute at Columbia University press release)

Weather forecasts could become barometers for predicting the potential threat of West Nile virus to humans and wildlife, say scientists. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release)

One of Britain's leading climate change experts has thrown his weight behind the claim that global warming is being caused by human activity. (Institute of Physics press release)

Global warming and other climate changes are not well understood by the public, and action to reduce their impact is not a high priority. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release)

Ancient soils are providing new insight about what to expect from global warming. (University of Oregon press release)

New research using a thousand-meter ice core shows a key section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet probably never contained as much ice as scientists originally thought. (University of Washington press release)

South America's giant Pantanal wetlands, one of the world's most bio-diverse ecosystems, is at growing risk from climate change. (United Nations University press release)

Scientists with The Woods Hole Research Center are analyzing the surprising results of the first phase of a drydown experiment in the Amazonian rainforest. (Woods Hole Research Center press release)

Gray wolves play a critical role in easing the effects of climate change on Yellowstone's ecosystem. (University of California - Berkeley press release)

A sophisticated sensor aboard Envisat is providing the first space-based measurements of near-surface methane, an important greenhouse gas. (European Space Agency press release)

A research team says the U.S. needs to manage its coral reefs as whole ecosystems instead of fragmented habitats. (Stanford University press release)

Even if all greenhouse gases had been stabilized in the year 2000, we would still be committed to a warmer Earth in the present century, according to a new study. (National Center for Atmospheric Research press release)

A new report suggests nitrogen pollution from the U.S. travels well beyond its borders. (National Center for Atmospheric Research press release)

It does not appear there will be any major relief this spring or summer from the unusually dry weather in the Pacific Northwest, according to new projections of drought severity. (Oregon State University press release)

New research shows wolves can help reduce the negative effects of warmer winters on other species and help maintain intact food chains. (Public Library of Science press release)

Weather conditions that promoted record Midwest crop yields during summer 2004 were unlike any experienced during the past 117 years. (University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign press release)

New research provides the first direct evidence linking large-scale coastal farming to massive algal blooms in the sea. (Stanford University press release)

New sensors are allowing geologists to make more precise measurements of subterranean conditions before and after large earthquakes. (Sandia National Laboratories press release)

Constructed wetlands in planned communities can aid in surface water cleanup and flood prevention. (Purdue University press release)

A new study indicates that two natural atmospheric processes in 2004 caused the largest decline in upper stratospheric ozone ever recorded. (University of Colorado at Boulder press release)