Monitoring natural ecosystem health, and the impact of urbanization, this university in Shanghai contributes to new strategies for sustainable development. Under rapid anthropogenic change ...

In recent years, the Hawaiian Islands have faced a silent invasion that threatens their delicate ecosystems. The introduction ...

Since the industrial revolution, the conversion of natural ecosystems to agricultural use has resulted in the depletion of SOC levels, releasing 50 to 100 GT of carbon from soil into the ...

Communities can reap the benefit of this ecological service. Leaving some of these filtering ecosystems intact can reduce the burden on water treatment plants that have been built to perform the same ...

What is an ecosystem? Natural factors and human management changes The global distributions of ecosystems Coral reefs Case study - coral reefs - Cebu, Philippines ...

In the Mediterranean, the growth of tourist resorts and demand for water puts the natural ecosystem under pressure. Image caption, This palm oil plantation in Malaysia has been planted on land ...

The four billion tons of marine organisms that global fisheries extracted from the ocean between 1960 and 2018 resulted in ...

Cultural services – non-material benefits from ecosystems, for example the aesthetic and recreational value of landscapes Today, through our activities, we often exploit natural resources, influencing ...

The left graph illustrates the temporal variations in CH₄ and N₂O emissions from China's natural terrestrial ecosystems over the past four decades. The net GWP remains relatively stable ...

Students in the Forest Ecosystem Science program are drawn to natural and managed forest environments with a blend of curiosity and sense of responsibility. They seek both to understand forest ...

Environmental challenges are diverse and complex, and require a firm foundation in natural resources science and ecosystem management. You will learn to understand interdependent ecological and ...

Better environmental decision-making and accounting metrics each require robust valuation both of natural capital itself and the changes that occur in services from these stocks over time or through ...