The prevalence and intensity of marine heatwaves is increasing globally, disrupting local environmental conditions. The individual and population-level impacts of prolonged heatwaves on marine species ...

Ecosystem functioning depends on biodiversity at multiple trophic levels, yet relationships between multitrophic diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality have been poorly explored, with studies ...

As sea levels continue to rise, coastal areas face threats of submersion and increasing salinity. To assess this disequilibrium (when ecosystems are not aligned with the conditions they are ...

Where hidden water tables meet the Earth's surface, life can thrive even in the driest locations. Offering refuge during times of drought, shallow groundwater aquifers act like water savings accounts ...

New research reveals a chain of environmental disasters. These took place in what is today's South Africa, during an ancient time period called the Early-Middle Devonian. The crises led to the ...

Controls on terrestrial ecosystem processes: an historical perspective -- Species and biotic interactions as ecosystem drivers -- Aboveground-belowground interactions as drivers of ecosystem processes ...

We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like aeroplanes or human hearts ...

Denver, Colo., USA: Great Salt Lake is well known for being salty, but record-low water levels driven by high water usage and several years of drought may soon make it too salty for even the brine ...

The common platform heralds a new era of global conservation and management policy applications. A global cross-disciplinary team of scientists led by UNSW Sydney researchers has developed the first ...

However, when we examine how these ecosystems are responding to the changing conditions, then predictions look very different," Malone said. The researchers discovered that the ecosystems are ...

Yale School of Environment scientists conduct research in 2021 on how sea-level rise and other disturbance are influencing the health of mangroves in the Florida Everglades, including their ability to ...