As ecosystems degrade at an alarming rate, humanity must find new ways to value the natural world so it isn’t lost forever. Some economists and environmentalists say that to protect nature, we must ...

Humans have been modifying natural environments for millennia, leading to a deep co-evolution between social and natural systems. As a result, areas ...

From Tasmania to the Top End, Australia's forest trees are dying at higher rates due to climate change, according to new ...

New satellite data documents the loss of vegetation in all types of ecosystems, not just tropical rainforests, around the world. The OPERA DIST-ALERT was developed by the makers of popular forest ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Reed Frederick Noss, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) In an old-growth ...

A formula can be used to predict what happens when a new species is introduced into an ecosystem -- whether it will establish itself in the community or fail to gain a foothold and die out. When a new ...