Westernmost, low-lying region of Louisiana coast on track to drown under sea level rise
Research News Little chance this shoreline can withstand accelerating rate of sea level rise, scientists say March 14, 2017 Without major efforts to rebuild Louisiana’s wetlands, which serve as bulwarks…
Women’s History Month and one woman’s trek in science
Research News Revisiting a moment in Alaska with Rita Colwell, the first woman to serve as NSF director March 16, 2017 Before Rita Colwell became the first woman to serve…
President Moon to send special envoy to Russia this week Updated: 2020-12-11 10:00:16 KST
President Moon Jae-in is sending a former three-term lawmaker to Russia as a special envoy. Seoul’s Ambassador to Moscow from 2017 to 2019, Woo Yoon-keun, will be in Moscow from…
Boom times for fish populations in Wisconsin lakes
Research News Research shows surprising conclusions about fish numbers March 30, 2017 Related stories on NSF’s Long-Term Ecological Research Program are available online. We’re all familiar with the idea of…
When human illness increases in natural resource-dependent areas, the environment suffers
Research News Study challenges assumption that human disease holds environmental exploitation in check April 3, 2017 Related stories on NSF’s Environmental Research and Education (ERE) programs are available online. In…
President Moon unveils S. Korea’s vision to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 Updated: 2020-12-11 10:00:34 KST
South Korea will do all it can to go carbon neutral by 2050. Declared by President Moon Jae-in during a televised speech on Thursday evening, he said it will be…
Infectious disease transmission in fish, mammals, other animals has implications for humans
Research News Researchers looked at how animals interact with each other in 43 individual species April 3, 2017 Related stories on the NSF, National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department…