A community of animals, plants and microorganisms, together with their habitat is called an ecosystem. For example, a pond ecosystem may consist of a pond habitat, inhabited by aquatic plants ...

Climate change and other human-driven (anthropogenic) environmental changes will continue to cause biodiversity loss in the coming decades (Sala et al. 2000), in addition to the high rates of ...

A community of animals, plants and microorganisms, together with their habitat is called an ecosystem. For example, a pond ecosystem may consist of a pond habitat, inhabited by aquatic plants ...

Healthy ecosystems are essential for human well being, as they provide invaluable functions and services including sustaining living marine resources. The health of ecosystems is therefore not ...

In most ecosystems, sunlight is absorbed and converted into usable forms of energy via photosynthesis. These usable forms of energy are carbon-based. A primary example of this involves the energy ...

Despite calls by various international agencies, considerable work is still required to understand and incorporate the importance of earth’s ecosystems for informing public policies. Savannas comprise ...

NOAA Fisheries is responsible for science-based management of Alaska’s commercial fisheries in federal waters through the ...

When functioning well, ecosystems also bring multiple benefits to people. These benefits range from provision of basic commodities, such as food and fuel, to spiritual benefits – for example, the ...

The aim of the Swiss data ecosystem is to break down the silo structures used to hold and manage data by creating common spaces for data sharing. These are environments in which data on specific ...