1. Environmental conventions aim to protect ecosystem structures and functions to provide goods and services for mankind. The degree of aquatic ecosystem naturalness, or ecological status as it is ...

Streams and rivers are the lifeblood of our planet, biodiversity hotspots and essential for human life: They provide drinking water, offer flood protection and are used to irrigate agricultural areas.

How are biodiversity losses reshaping how ecosystems function? A recent study quantifies the impact of biodiversity and ...

The Agricultural and Applied Economics Department in collaboration with Hufford and Nippgen Research Labs in the Ecosystem Science and Management Department invite applications for a student seeking ...

Brownfield restoration has become a frontier topic in the research on urban ecosystem governance. Optimizing brownfield ecosystems through proper bioremediation approaches can provide urban landscapes ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Some species are not only able to adapt to life in urban areas but actually thrive and grow more abundant than they might have in their natural surroundings. Thus some cities have been declared urban ...

On a recent 90-plus-degree sunny day, the narrow-leaf mountain mint outside Supervisor Dan Storck’s window at the Mount Vernon Government Center was literally buzzing. At least 50 bees and a striking ...

Agriculture, loss of habitat or wastewater effluents -- human stressors negatively impact biodiversity in streams and rivers. Very little is known yet about the extent to which their capacity for self ...