A new study highlights the invasion of at least 70 imported earthworm species across North America, posing significant threats to native ecosystems and biodiversity. Researchers…
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Researchers have documented a dramatic decrease in creekbank and marsh edge erosion, up to 90%, in the Elkhorn Slough of Monterey County, attributable to the…
A study on temperature variations in 12 caves worldwide indicates that climate change could endanger key freshwater reserves and the ecosystems within. The research, highlighting…
The return of sea otters, a top predator, to a California estuary is helping slow erosion and restore the estuary’s degraded geology. A sea otter…
Research from Radboud University reveals that peatlands, crucial in carbon storage and combating climate change, are highly susceptible to droughts. Increased biodiversity offers little improvement…
Researchers have developed a new model explaining the mysterious fairy circles in grasslands, integrating plant phenotypic plasticity and spatial self-organization. Their findings, offering insights into…
New research reveals the significant impact of parasites on ecosystem dynamics, advocating for a paradigm shift in ecological studies to include the ‘parasitome’ – the…
Prof. Magdalena Osburn removes a sample during a site visit in August. Credit: Sanford Underground Research Facility A former goldmine serves as a gateway to…
Japanese researchers at Nagoya University have uncovered new aspects of the interaction between mast seeding plants like sasa bamboo and field mice. Their study reveals…
The climate crisis has spurred a surge in commercial tree plantations for carbon offset, but these might harm biodiversity and other ecosystem functions, argue researchers.…
UC Davis Project Scientist John N. Williams uses a drip torch to light a prescribed burn at Shaver Lake in the Sierra National Forest. Credit:…
An area prepared for planting in a degraded forest adjacent to the Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Planting locations are marked with sticks. Credit: Lindsay…
Blue lakes currently account for less than a third of the world’s lakes. As global temperatures increase, blue lakes in North America and Europe are…
Scientists have created a platform that identifies, defines, and describes the whole suit of the entire planet’s ecosystem for the first time. The research will help improve…
The Lord Howe Island wood-feeding cockroach (Panesthia lata). Credit: Justin Gilligan/NSW DPE Long believed to be extinct on the main island of Lord Howe Island,…
Over the next 80 years, climate change will have a significant impact on twelve economically and culturally important species that live in the California Current…
Some components included in an integrated human-natural systems model to capture feedbacks among human-caused drivers and natural systems at the regional and global scale. Credit:…
Soil is teeming with viruses. Credit: Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL scientists discover new soil viruses The unsung hero of our lives…
Lush meadows of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology predict that their findings are relevant…
In the Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF), a field experiment in Saxony-Anhalt operated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), scientists have been researching…