Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. This is one of the ...

Image caption, This palm oil plantation in Malaysia has been planted on land that used to be rainforest Often, changes to ecosystems are unintended. For example, human waste (such as household and ...

Beyond the loss of species, the researchers also documented considerable shifts in the types of species that persist under ...

From the smallest microbes to the largest mammals, a sweeping new study has painted the clearest picture yet of how human ...

A study recently published in Nature indicates that human activities have a negative effect on the biodiversity of wildlife ...

“Our findings show that all five [human] factors have a strong impact on biodiversity worldwide, in all groups of organisms ...

Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only are the numbers of species declining, but the composition of ...

1994). Because of the importance of nitrogen in all ecosystems and the significant impact from human activities, nitrogen and its transformations have received a great deal of attention from ...

Sometimes it can seem like our lives are very separate from nature…That the natural world is a distant rain forest, a far-away desert or a country meadow. But we are as much a part of the ...

MULTIPLE LAYERS OF IMPACT. Climate change is having multilayered, synergistic impacts on Arctic ecosystems, including threats from increasing human use. As previously ice-covered areas become more ...