A friend of mine once rode his bicycle from the coast of Washington state across the country to Maine. In that long journey he crossed through four different biomes and entered one biome twice, on ...

In dryland ecosystems, increased environmental stress often triggers a change from a uniform vegetation cover to patchy vegetation patterns. Some theoretical studies suggest that this spatial ...

The retreat of the planet's glaciers is one of the most visible and dramatic indicators of the far-reaching impact of climate change on the world's ecosystems. Now, a new paper published in Nature ...

Dying coral reefs, rainforests transforming into savannas, grasslands turning into deserts – these are ecosystem “tipping points”, boundary lines we’re desperate not to cross. In dynamic systems ...

From both inside and outside of the negotiating hall at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP16, held in Cali, Colombia, mapping, monitoring and reporting on ecosystems have been a focal point ...

Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology. Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on ...