In the natural world, scientists are constantly searching for words and phrases to describe different phenomena. As a result, ...

A global cross-disciplinary team of scientists led by UNSW Sydney researchers has developed the first comprehensive classification of the world's ecosystems across land, rivers and wetlands, and seas.

A study conducted by NatureServe and published in PLOS ONE yesterday documents the loss of ecosystem diversity across the Americas and terrestrial ecosystems are widely underrepresented in ...

Scientists have discovered that changes in climate and water levels are reducing the ability of some ecosystems in the ...

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

The sensitivity of ecosystem respiration to seasonal changes in temperature is shown to be remarkably similar for a wide range of ecosystem types spanning the globe; however, terrestrial and ...

The special issue notes that despite key work already started in forestry, more needs to be done in ecosystem types like wetlands, grasslands and marine ecosystems. “Our knowledge is still quite ...

The study clearly shows that, over the past few centuries, ecosystem conversion has been concentrated in agriculturally productive and accessible lands throughout the Western Hemisphere. HOME MAIL ...