Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Wildfires may disappear from the landscape within weeks, but their hidden effects on the soil can persist for decades. An ...

Researchers have found that tropical forest ecosystems are more reliant on aquatic insects than temperate forest ecosystems, making them more vulnerable to disruptions to the links between land and ...

For decades, scientists believed cool temperate rainforests were fragile ecosystems easily damaged by disturbances like fires or logging. But new research from the University of Melbourne challenges ...

Using a new analysis method for satellite images, an international research team, coordinated by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and INRAE, mapped for the first time ...

A new global data set makes it possible to track near-real-time changes in several types of vegetation across different ecosystems, including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, croplands, temperate ...

Soils in temperate forests ecosystems are the greatest terrestrial CH₄ sink globally. Global and regional circulation models predict decreased average rainfall, increased extreme rainfall events and ...

Ungulates have become abundant in many temperate forests, shifting tree species composition by browsing and altering soil physical conditions by trampling. Whether these effects cascade down to other ...

Ten-year Hubbard Brook study signals need to recalibrate climate-action targets that count on temperate-forest carbon sinks WOODSTOCK, N.H., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cutting greenhouse-gas ...

For local communities, the urgency of identifying sustainable ways to protect these natural resources has never been greater. “We often do not realise how fragile the balance is, and how easily the ...