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 ...
Imagine a world filled only with daisies. Light-colored daisies reflect sunlight, cooling down the planet, while darker ...
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Grassland ecosystems show abrupt changes when nitrogen fertilization exceeds key threshold
Ecosystem responses to global change are often nonlinear. Ecological thresholds are tipping points beyond which small changes in environmental conditions can have disproportionate effects on ...
New policy note highlights how financial flows contribute to nature loss in five crucial ecosystems, calling for stronger financial interventions to help prevent systemic risks to global economies. A ...
Recently, a research team led by Professor Shuxiao Wang from the School of Environment at Tsinghua University integrated a comprehensive global natural archive database of mercury (Hg) accumulation ...
In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on whether the restoration of wolves has impacted the ecosystem. The idea is ...
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