RENO, Nev. — The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has curated a special journal issue to discuss climate change adaptability in California. Researchers from the University of ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WTVG) - The trend of fewer days with snow on the ground during winter is a trend that has some scientists concerned. Researchers with Classen Lab at the University of Michigan are ...

Around the world, rainforests are becoming savanna or farmland, savanna is drying out and turning into desert, and icy tundra is thawing. Indeed, scientific studies have now recorded "regime shifts" ...

As ecosystems degrade at an alarming rate, humanity must find new ways to value the natural world so it isn’t lost forever. Some economists and environmentalists say that to protect nature, we must ...

Wildfires have long been a facet of California’s ecosystem, as varied forest land covers much of the state and often benefits from some types of fire. Indigenous communities were using controlled ...

New satellite data documents the loss of vegetation in all types of ecosystems, not just tropical rainforests, around the world. The OPERA DIST-ALERT was developed by the makers of popular forest ...

Anthony Ricciardi receives research funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and from the Bieler School of Environment (McGill University). He is a member of the ...

Mountain ecosystem research has come to the forefront as regions of exceptional biodiversity, unique ecological dynamics, and ...

Sea urchins climb onto kelp when their densities are so high they remove all drift kelp and then actively forage on attached, living kelp. (Credit: Steve Lonhart / NOAA MBNMS) Tipping points are the ...