WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to environmental changes, according to research published Wednesday.

In early January, the stage was set for a wildfire disaster in Los Angeles. A long, hot summer had dried out the plants and vegetation, making it more flammable. Drought conditions dragged on, as ...

That’s spurred proposals to bring nuclear power plants out of retirement, develop small modular nuclear reactors and build utility-scale renewable installations or new natural gas plants.

Animation of terrestrial CO 2 fluxes in the Arctic-boreal zone by month ... readings are knitted together with climate, soil, and vegetation records to produce living maps of Earth's otherwise ...

The Great Plains of North America fall under a biome designated “temperate grasslands” by the World Wide Fund for Nature, formerly The World Wildlife Fund. These areas are typically marked by a ...

One Minecraft fan comes across a rare world seed that features a village buried deep within a biome where civilization would be least expected.

Especially, the boreal vegetation will likely take the longest to recover from such a climate disaster,” Karger noted. The researchers produced the first globally consistent, high-resolution map of ...

Especially, the boreal vegetation will likely take the longest to recover from such a climate disaster,” Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research’s Dirk Karger ...

It turns out that the warming climate extends the boreal growth season since vegetation growth in these regions is limited by lower temperatures rather than water availability. Droughts evolve in ...

On a subreddit showcasing Minecraft creations, u/ThaMango shared images of interesting builds, including a variety of buildings, houses, towers, and even a greenhouse in the gray biome. The Pale ...