Global climate change is reshaping the presence, occurrence, fate, and transport of pollutants, amplifying and altering their ...

With CMCC’s contribution a new study and database provides scientists with an unprecedented resource for understanding how Earth's land systems store carbon and produce biomass, establishing a ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, however, they ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "Life oasis" for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...

Plant species can fulfill different functions within an ecosystem, even if they are closely related to each other. This surprising conclusion was reached by a global analysis of around 1.7 million ...

Reynald Bolinget, Jennifer  T. Longchasen, and Genevieve B. Kupang On November 15, 2025, the Baguio Central University (BCU) Graduate School ...

Global terrestrial biodiversity hotspots are among the most ecologically important regions on Earth. These 36 regions, which ...

The National Research Council will appoint an ad hoc committee and supporting panels to carry out a decadal survey in Earth Science and Applications from Space. The study will generate recommendations ...

BEIJING -- China has released a national standard to scientifically quantify the economic value generated by its terrestrial ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...