If you liked this story, share it with other people. The combined effects of humanity’s actions are making ecosystems less resistant to change, and threatening the vital ecosystem services humanity ...

What influence do global environmental stressors have on the ability of an ecosystem to withstand these stresses and rebuild itself? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to ...

The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its ...

This view of Iztaccíhuatl–Popocatépetl National Park in Mexico represents a biome range shift. (Armando Vega, CC 4.0) As climate change redistributes terrestrial ecosystems across the globe, the world ...

From the driest deserts to the lushest forests, ecosystems are networks of life where organisms and the environment interact. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how plants function ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The year-long algal bloom along the South Australian coastline has not only devastated marine life and triggered health risks ...

PES programs are currently structured in ways that could limit their participation or create incentives to drop out before the full environmental benefits are realized. Payment for Ecosystem Services ...

Nigerians must adopt a renewed sense of purpose by respecting the ecosystem and planet that has sustained human existence for decades, the Lagos State government has said. Commissioner for the ...