The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

A paper published in National Science Review highlights the role of China's natural terrestrial ecosystems (NTEs) as ...

Terrestrial carbon sinks grew by 30% from 1992 to 2019, with most carbon stored in nonliving pools, not forests, prompting a ...

In crisis situations, forests become an economic and food lifeline, providing up to 20% of family income in rural areas, guaranteeing healthy diets. But these ecosystems are in danger. We lose 10 ...

Covering 31% of the global land area, forests are also home to most of Earth's terrestrial biodiversity—the variety ... especially those living near and within forests. But these forest ecosystems are ...

It is commonly assumed that as forest ecosystems age, they accumulate and store, or "sequester," more carbon. A new study based at the University of Michigan Biological Station untangled carbon ...

Recent studies have shown that carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems are increasing ... living vegetation, mainly forests; and nonliving carbon pools, including soil organic matter, sediments ...

"Salamanders serve a vital function in forest ecosystems," explained David Miller ... Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North ...

SMEAR II: Station for Measuring Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations ... The station continuously monitors forest ecophysiology and productivity, soil and water balance, meteorology, solar and terrestrial ...

forest ecosystems;and tundra ecosystems. But all can be contained within three main categories:terrestrial ecosystems on land;freshwater ecosystems in rivers and lakes;and ocean water ecosystems ...