Humans rely on metaphors to guide a shared understanding of our complex world, and in a novel twist, a faculty member in the ...

Countries are eager to use AI to automate some government processes, but this risks eroding citizens’ trust and feelings of ...

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying ...

A global analysis deep in soil found 20% of plants studied have an unexpected deeper set of roots more than 3 feet underground.

These results suggest the large uncertainty of current TBMs in simulating GPP is largely propagated from their poor representation of the vegetation functional properties and call for a better ...

Roger Worthington, an attorney in Bend, Oregon, provided partial funding for this study, which also included Christopher Wolf and Jillian Gregg of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Associates and ...

In forest ecosystems, earthworms can process up to 2 tons of leaf litter per acre annually, recycling nutrients that would otherwise remain locked in slowly decomposing matter. By constantly ...

The combined effects of humanity’s actions are making ecosystems less resistant to change, and threatening the vital ecosystem services humanity relies upon, according to a study published in ...

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 ...

Ecosystem restoration means assisting in the recovery of ecosystems that have been degraded or destroyed, as well as conserving the ecosystems that are still intact. Healthier ecosystems, with richer ...

Scientists have discovered that terrestrial ecosystems are more prone to collapse from significant animal life loss than marine ecosystems, with the impacts lasting longer on land. A new study ...