A massive global analysis found that nitrogen pollution can either speed up or dramatically slow the natural "breathing" of ...

Africa’s forests are increasingly emerging as one of the continent’s strongest assets for economic growth, climate resilience ...

Biodiversity is the bedrock of resilience, and kelp forests show why.

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

The vast majority of western dry forests are at risk of large, high-intensity fire because of the effects of poor forest management over the past century. The primary factors that lead to current ...

Forest ecosystems harbour a vast array of species whose interactions and distributions shift in response to natural processes and human interventions. Biodiversity dynamics encompasses changes in ...

Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thinking through scenarios allows land managers to prepare for many potential outcomes. Benjamin Slyngstad via USGS In Sequoia and ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Beyond timber, forests sustain entire economies as roughly 5.8 billion people depend on ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif) — The kelp forest is ephemeral, yet foundational. Fronds of this fast-growing giant seaweed come and go with the seasons, storms and waves, supporting communities of fish, ...

S. Korea is accelerating efforts to use tidal flats, seaweed as carbon sinks as the country looks beyond forests for ways to ...