A major question in ecology has centered on the role of microbes in regulating ecosystem function. Now scientists show how changes in the populations of methanotrophic bacteria can have consequences ...

Large areas of tropical lowland forests have been replaced by oil palm plantations, with major impact on environment and people. An interdisciplinary team of scientists has now performed a complete ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The input of terrestrial silt and clay (hereafter mud) into coastal environments can alter sediment grain size distribution affecting the ...

Human enterprise is increasingly affecting biodiversity beyond outright species losses, causing changes in ecosystem functions and the services they deliver to human beings. However, few tools are ...

Grassland degradation fundamentally reshapes how biodiversity supports ecosystem multifunctionality, shifting it from being ...

Replacing tropical lowland forests with oil palm plantations can damage 11 out of 14 functions of a healthy ecosystem, some of which will be irreparable, researchers say. Palm plantations should ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Every year, growing swaths of the Amazon rainforest are degraded by logging, fragmentation, and human-sparked fires. New research using ...

So far, research on the environmental impact of oil palm cultivation has been scattered and patchy. Synthesizing about 1000 scientific studies and reports, the scientists were now able to give a ...