A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...

temperate and boreal forest. It includes the community ecology of the trees and other plant and non-plant species, as well as ecosystem processes and conservation. Across many North American ...

Colorado's forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees -- mostly due to insects and disease -- have caused the state's forests to emit more carbon than they absorbed in recent years, ...

The fires have killed one person and are threatening the town of El Bolsón due to dry weather and strong winds. Evacuations have been ordered in the affected areas. This is the third major ...

To understand and change these social systems, social entrepreneurs should borrow insights from ecology and use an ecosystems framework. Long ago, biologists discovered the limits of studying living ...

Eutrophication is a leading cause of impairment of many freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems in the world. Why should we worry about eutrophication and how is this problem managed ...

The increasing frequency of marine heatwaves around Australia in recent years has contributed to permanent impacts on marine ecosystem health, marine habitats, and species. These impacts include ...

Groundwater plays an important role in sustaining aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, such as springs, wetlands, rivers and vegetation. Understanding these groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) is ...

While hiking through the region’s pine forests ... of their ecosystem that if they disappeared, it would struggle to adapt. Red wood ants are typically found in Eurasia’s temperate and ...