The fossil site, called Lantern North, dates to approximately 320-318 million years ago during the early Pennsylvanian period ...

Researchers have discovered an exceptionally preserved fossil site in Massachusetts that provides a rare glimpse into terrestrial life from over 300 million years ago. The findings, published in ...

Need biomass and energy? Terrestrial primary production supplies organisms with the chemical energy and carbon-containing molecules essential to all life, including ours.

Over 80% of the world’s ice-free land is at risk of profound ecosystem transformation by 2100, a new study reveals. “Essentially, we would be leaving the world as we know it,” says a ...

At the moment, however, there is a lack of standardized methods for determining microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems in order to produce an accurate assessment of the situation.

Rising temperatures could trigger Earth's terrestrial ecosystems to transition from carbon sinks to carbon sources in the next 20 to 30 years, according to data from the world's largest continuous ...

BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have revealed that plant growth is significantly limited by phosphorus supply in both the tropics and temperate regions and in all major types of ...

The UK can be divided into seven main terrestrial habitats. Farmland makes up 52% of UK land cover and urban areas cover just 7%. Of the more ‘natural’ ecosystems, mountain, moorland and heath ...

Researchers have discovered an exceptionally preserved fossil site in Massachusetts that provides a rare glimpse into terrestrial life from over 300 million years ago. The findings, published in ...