As climate change, fishing and other human activities threaten marine ecosystems, scientists predict which areas are most ...

A newly published study from Åbo Akademi University, Finland shows the significant influence of human-induced pressures on the structure and functioning of coastal invertebrate communities in the ...

Traditionally, it has been assumed that cultivating food leads to a loss of biodiversity and negative impacts on an ecosystem. A new study defies this assumption, showing that community gardens and ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted ...

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human ...

Human activities are causing a decline in global biodiversity, according to a synthesis study published in the journal Nature. Researchers compiled data from around 2,100 studies, comparing ...

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the ...

Altering streamflow can endanger the ecosystems that rely on it, but researchers have lacked data on how human infrastructure has impacted streamflow in the U.S. Now, a study involving a Colorado ...

A new research project announced late last month will study the effects of human impact on the planet, which includes the disturbance of ecosystems and their ability to recover. The goal of the ...

The 2022-2023 Plymouth State University Saul O Sidore Lecture Series begins Tuesday, October 18, at 7 p.m., when PSU professor emeritus Len Reitsma, Ph.D. will explore the emerging concept of ecocide, ...