The Earth’s many ecosystems form the foundation for life on this planet, providing us with clean air, drinkable water and fertile soil. But human activities have drastically altered these vital ...

Ecosystems are deeply interconnected—environmental research, policy and management should be too by Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher, Conrad Pilditch and Simon Francis Thrush, The Conversation Editors' ...

An international study led by the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNAS-CSIC), of the Spanish National Research Council (CISC), has shown that as the number of global change ...

Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival of all living organisms. Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere, it is largely inaccessible in this form to most ...

Microplastics are often viewed as pollutants in their own right, but their environmental impact may extend far beyond the plastic particles themselves.

An ecosystem is a community of plants, animals, and other organisms, along with their environment, including the air, water, and soil. Air pollutants can cause many environmental effects on ecosystems ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The combined effects of humanity’s actions are making ecosystems less resistant to change, and threatening the vital ecosystem services humanity ...

A wetland that once sustained fish, birds, forests, agriculture and tens of thousands of people is now being asked to sustain ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Many of the problems facing modern society cannot be solved by a single country or region alone. Environmental issues are a ...