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By the looks of it, we're in for quite a winter this year. Here in the Northeast, we've seen several heavy snowfalls, freezing temperatures, and icy roads.

In the Northeast, one of the first signs of spring is the unmistakable calling of the spring peeper. While this small frog weighs only a few grams, its mating call is louder than that of many songbirds ten times its size.In the Northeast, one of the first signs of spring is the unmistakable calling of the spring peeper. While this small frog weighs only a few grams, its mating call is louder than that of many songbirds ten times its size.

Hearing on the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, specifically whether the Program was meeting its Congressionally-mandated goals. Dr. Gene E. Likens provided testimony at 1:58:50.

Cary Institute Research Fellow Sarah Batterman has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for her work on tropical forests and the role of nitrogen in forest recovery and carbon sequestration

I just returned from a conference at Al Gore’s farm in Carthage, Tennessee, where about 300 stakeholders gathered to discuss the contributions of farming to rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and what we can do about it.

We are excited to announce the release of Science for the Sustainable City. Published by Yale University Press, the book is co-edited by Cary scientists Steward Pickett and Emma Rosi

Imported insects and diseases have devastated trees in parks, yards and along streets in cities, towns and villages throughout the country. The emerald ash borer, another Asian insect discovered in Michigan in 2002, is the most destructive pest ever imported into the United States. It is killing forest and city trees throughout the eastern half of the country, and has spread as far west as Colorado.

Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more mosquitoes, but they are larger-bodied, indicating that they could be more efficient at transmitting diseases.

With increasing interest in the role of natural solutions to climate change, especially the uptake of carbon dioxide by vegetation, we need to recognize what constitutes a real carbon “sink”—a process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it for long periods of time.

As if life wasn't already challenging enough for residents in low-income urban neighborhoods, new research suggests such communities are more at risk from particularly harmful, aggressive mosquitoes.

Hydropower is hailed as a green source of renewable energy, on par with solar and wind. However, new research suggests that this may not always be true.

Two conditions trigger plants to enter or emerge from dormancy: daylight and temperature. The timing of spring and autumn transitions is incredibly important. Our native plants and animals have evolved to thrive in a growing season that is predictable.

Learn how evolutionary biologist Alex Dehgan campaigned to stop endangered snow leopard poaching and established Afghanistan's first national park, Band-e Amir.

As artificial intelligence and machine learning become increasingly important parts of the global health care system, a new strategy is emerging in the fight against infectious diseases.

This is a blog about environmental science—how it helps us understand the world around us and how it can be used to make decisions for better management and adaptation for the future. It is not a political blog. But when politics and science collide, I am compelled to respond.

Since its discovery in 1999, Nipah virus has been reported almost yearly in South and Southeast Asia, with Bangladesh and India being the hardest hit. In a new study, scientists used machine learning to identify bat species with the potential to host Nipah virus

Millions of lives are lost each year to illnesses caused by pathogens that spread from wildlife and domesticated animals to people. Too often, outbreaks of Ebola, Nipah, Zika, and other zoonotic diseases force communities into reactive mode: scrambling to contain their spread and minimize suffering.

We switched from firewood to coal, not because we ran out of trees, but because coal has so much more energy per unit weight than wood. We have used fossil fuels with such enthusiasm that the uptake of CO2 by trees and the oceans has not been able to keep up with emissions.

Streamflow variability brought on by climate change will negatively affect the survival of salamanders, according to a new study by the University of Montana, the University of Connecticut, and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

Photo: Ryan Wagner

A team of scientists have found preliminary evidence that 11 different species of bats found in India are potential carriers of the deadly Nipah virus, that killed 17 people in Kerala last year.