Research

It is estimated that peatlands accumulate and hold more than one-quarter of the planet’s soil carbon, with northern peatlands accounting for upwards of 85% of…

Reconstructing how massive continental glaciers (ice sheets) responded to past climate change is essential to understanding the role of the cryosphere in Earth’s climate system…

Land under and around solar arrays can be planted with pollinator-friendly vegetation, benefiting agriculture and bees, and potentially increasing the efficiency of solar panels. Produced…

With ample rainfall and favorable temperatures, Indiana has become a top producer of U.S. corn, soybeans, hogs, chickens, and specialty crops such as tomatoes and…

The Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment (IN CCIA) is a collaborative effort to provide professionals, decision makers, and the public with information about how climate…

Most tree species join forces with specific types of fungi to improve their nutrient acquisition capacity-as much as 80% of plant nitrogen and phosphorus is…

Public concern over human-caused climate change is growing, but it lags far behind the scientific consensus—over 97% of scientists agree that climate change is a…

Northern temperate and boreal ecosystems store roughly 40% of the world’s soil organic carbon. Soil organic carbon represents the balance between carbon inputs (e.g., leaves,…

During the Eocene (56-34 million years ago), high-latitude regions were much warmer than today and large-scale ice sheets were absent from the Poles. Falling atmospheric…