Without rapid, coordinated global action, ocean health will continue to decline, threatening climate stability, biodiversity ...

Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major U.N. report warned Monday, with seas warming and rising faster, ice cover shrinking, and marine ecosystems under mounting ...

By studying life deep inside a former gold mine, a Northwestern University-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence that ...

Africa is home to some iconic and richly diverse ecosystems. While many people imagine vast savannas spanning the entire ...

Freshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes and wetlands have crucial roles in global biogeochemical cycles and in supporting human wellbeing through a variety of ecosystem services. However, ...

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

An ecosystem is normally defined as a complex of all living (plants, animals, microorganisms) and non-living (soil, climate) components interacting as a functional unit in a certain area. Each ...