Monitoring natural ecosystem health, and the impact of urbanization, this university in Shanghai contributes to new strategies for sustainable development. Under rapid anthropogenic change ...

An ecosystem is any geographic area that includes all of the organisms and nonliving parts of their physical environment. An ecosystem can be a natural wilderness area, a suburban lake or forest, or a ...

What is an ecosystem? Natural factors and human management changes The global distributions of ecosystems Coral reefs Case study - coral reefs - Cebu, Philippines ...

Other ecosystem processes that can lead to carbon ... Since the industrial revolution, the conversion of natural ecosystems to agricultural use has resulted in the depletion of SOC levels ...

Students in the Forest Ecosystem Science program are drawn to natural and managed forest environments with a blend of curiosity and sense of responsibility. They seek both to understand forest ...

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

How materials are cycled in an ecosystem The carbon cycle The water cycle The production of potable water The nitrogen cycle ...

New analysis from scientists at the Natural History Museum reveals that current conservation efforts are not adequately protecting the most critical ecosystem services on which six billion people ...

Understand, manage, sustain, protect, and restore natural resources systems. The College of Forest Resources and Environmental ... and stewards who understand how everything from tiny rodents to ...

This measure would ensure that natural capital—forests ... And the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem integrity, together with climate change and pollution will undermine our efforts on 80 ...