Global climate change is reshaping the presence, occurrence, fate, and transport of pollutants, amplifying and altering their ...

Humans have been modifying natural environments for millennia, leading to a deep co-evolution between social and natural systems. As a result, areas ...

An important challenge for conserving and managing marine ecosystems is to advance our understanding of how multiple human stressors, environmental factors and marine resources interact and influence ...

Dynamic changes of soil microbial networks and key species during the restoration process of artificial vegetation to native forests on tropical coral islands. The ecosystem of tropical coral islands ...

Decision-makers charged with implementing ecosystem-based management (EBM) rely on scientists to predict the consequences of decisions relating to multiple, potentially conflicting, objectives. Such ...

Restoration of wolves to Yellowstone National Park has allowed vegetation to recover from over-browsing by elk (left photo taken in 1997, right in 2001). Photos courtesy of W. Ripple. The decline of ...

The decline of large predators and other "apex consumers" at the top of the food chain has disrupted ecosystems all over the planet, according to a review of recent findings conducted by an ...