Wyoming is renowned for its expansive tracts of core sagebrush habitat across the state, that on the surface, appear to be unchanged over the course of history. But beneath the surface lies another ...

Electric utilities nationwide face the challenges of climate change and natural ecosystem disturbances. Case in point: About 10,000 thunderstorms occur each year in the United States, according to the ...

Our research in NASA ABoVE Phase I and II projects has been focused on the integration of remote sensing, spatial analysis, field data and modeling to understand the vulnerability of peatlands and ...

Ecosystem restoration projects aim to restore biodiversity and associated compromised ecosystem services. Evidence is persuasive of the increased risks of zoonotic diseases with degradation and ...

The study underscores the crucial role of microbes in maintaining coral reef health, akin to the human gut microbiome. Hurricanes and disease outbreaks affect coral reef water microbial communities, ...

Learn how a dramatic climate shift in the Pacific may have wiped out an entire underwater ecosystem deep below the Galápagos ...

A recent study led by Prof. Zeng Fanjiang from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed concerning trends in soil organic carbon (SOC) loss due ...

Human-driven changes to landscapes worldwide are 'thinning out' the ecological services supplied by wild birds, eroding the functions that support stable and resilient ecosystems. Subscribe to our ...

Animals and plants in land and marine ecosystems perform myriad functions that regulate climate and maintain habitable conditions for life on Earth. These functions include cycling water, carbon, ...

MISSOULA - University of Montana researcher Ashley Ballantyne recently was awarded a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study ecosystem carbon production and consumption ...