The North Pacific Gyre Oscillation Links Ocean Climate and Ecosystem Change

19 May, 2008 11:31 am During the last several decades, dramatic fluctuations in marine ecology have been observed off the western coast of the United States...

The Geochemical Origin of Part of CO2 Emissions in Semiarid Climates

4 Apr, 2008 11:49 am The implementation of the Kyoto Protocol has raised, among other pressing matters, the need of getting to know the annual levels of carbon in different...

Nitrogen Pollution Boost Plant Growth

7 Mar, 2008 09:36 am Overview from Laurens Rademakers on Biopact.com*: A study by UC Irvine ecologists finds that excess nitrogen in tropical forests boosts plant growth,...

A New Way to Assess Local Ecosystems Sustainability

29 Feb, 2008 09:08 am Ecosystems are in flux around the world. Important species are disappearing due to mismanagement and climate change, while invasive new species are appearing...

Deep-Sea Biodiversity Conservation Needed to Avoid Ecosystem Collapse

12 Feb, 2008 11:53 am The exploration of the abysses of our planet is one of the last frontiers of ecological research. The dark portion of the biosphere likely hosts millions...

Human Influence on Ecology

18 Dec, 2007 11:30 am Scientists have reclassified biomes like deserts and forests into ecosystems that show how humans have altered the Earth. Jorge Ribas (Discovery News)...

Green Roofs: Ecosystem Services and Research Frontiers

26 Nov, 2007 02:00 pm Green roofs are roofs with vegetation and substrate. They promote energy conservation in buildings, reduce the urban heat island effect,...

"The More Ecosystems Services, The Greater The Biodiversity Needed to Underpin Those Services"

11 Jul, 2007 07:01 pm Andy Hector is a specialist on biodiversity. According to his study published today in Nature, biodiversity plays a more important role in ecosystem functioning...

It's Not Just Climate Change...

15 May, 2007 12:35 pm ...that is killing the Earth and your children's future. Perhaps the greatest impediment to remedial policy is how frighteningly difficult it is for persons...

The Global Carbon Budget: Proper Accounting Means Paying Attention to Inland Waters

25 Apr, 2007 11:40 am Life as we know it, from the most basic microbes to our human neighbors, is carbon based. By investigating how carbon cycles through ecosystems,...

Strange Stirrings in the Arctic Drive Ecosystem Changes Far Downstream

5 Mar, 2007 11:14 am Changes in Arctic climate during the late 1980s pumped large amounts of low-salinity water into the shelf ecosystems of the NW Atlantic...