An ambitious, multinational research project funded by NASA and co-led by UB has demonstrated that Earth’s biodiversity can be monitored and measured from space, leading to a better understanding of ...

Aquatic insects are routinely used to measure the biological responses of streams and lakes to contaminants and predators, but assessments often focus only on benthic larval stages. However, like many ...

Hillslopes are essential landscape features. They physically tie ridges to valleys and link terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems through sediment, water, and nutrients. Understanding how hillslopes ...

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be monitored and ...

Pharmaceuticals that people globally rely on for daily health — including antibiotics, antidepressants and painkillers — are entering ecosystems via wastewater, posing poorly understood risks. Once ...

The land-water ecotones, such as coastal areas, wetlands, riverine zones, and aquifer recharge areas, serve as important transition zones, fostering intricate biogeochemical processes between ...

The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) are a cold desert region of Antarctica supporting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems that host microbial food webs, with few species of primitive animals (like ...

A whitewater raft moves down the Wind River in central Wyoming’s Wind River Canyon. A five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow UW researchers to quantify how a ...

In a landmark study of airborne microorganisms from ground level up to 3,500 meters, scientists have found that bacteria and fungi populate the planet's lower atmosphere in very specific ways, and if ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — An ambitious, multinational research project funded by NASA and co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth’s biodiversity can be monitored and measured from space, ...