Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel have provided experimental evidence ...

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The increased popularity of natural climate solutions (NCS), which aim to protect and restore natural ecosystems to address climate change, has resulted in misunderstandings and confusion around what ...

Losing critical ecosystems will severely impact the economy through reduced food and energy security; damages to assets such as real estate, croplands and infrastructure; and health risks that impair ...

Of original wetland habitat have been submerged in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Urban development, agricultural practices, and infrastructure can harm biodiversity by breaking up natural ...

As ecosystems degrade at an alarming rate, humanity must find new ways to value the natural world so it isn’t lost forever. Some economists and environmentalists say that to protect nature, we must ...

Perspectives on nature's services / John Peterson Myers, Joshua S. Reichert -- Introduction: What are ecosystem services? / Gretchen C. Daily -- Ecosystem services: a fragmentary history / Harold A.

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, driven by ...