New Framework Brings Global Water Planetary Boundaries Down to the River Basin
IIASA researchers and partners have developed a river-basin-scale framework that operationalizes the Global Water Planetary Boundary to guide local water ...
Tag: ecosystem services
Journal Opens Global Call for Research on Nature’s Resilience Under Change
The journal Biological Diversity has opened a call for papers on ecosystem resilience, tipping points and ecological restoration under global ...
How Much Is a City Park Worth? A Bangladeshi Study Puts a Price on Green Space
A new study in Heliyon combines visitor surveys, pond water-quality monitoring, and travel cost modeling to value a Bangladeshi urban ...
Tanzania’s Tree of Life: Farmers Know Its Value but Hesitate to Plant It
A survey of 515 households in Dodoma, Tanzania, finds strong community awareness of baobab ecosystem services but shows that slow ...
Mowing or Planting Trees? Japan’s Abandoned Rice Paddies Face a Climate and Biodiversity Trade-Off
A scenario analysis of Japan's depopulating rice-farming landscapes shows that periodic mowing preserves more biodiversity than afforestation, while both options ...
Putting a Price on Nature: New Framework Weaves Ecosystem Services into Project Cost-Benefit Analysis
Researchers in Iran have developed a cyclical-incremental framework that embeds monetary ecosystem service valuation into environmental impact assessment, revealing annual ...
Himalayan Glaciers in India’s Baspa Basin Have Lost 1.2 Billion Tonnes of Ice Since 1995
A new study of the Baspa Basin in the Indian Himalaya quantifies nearly three decades of continuous glacier mass loss ...
Scientists watch a New Zealand estuary breathe, mapping the seafloor’s hidden oxygen pulse
Researchers have mapped a full year of seafloor oxygen production across New Zealand's Ōhiwa Harbour, revealing a shallow estuary that ...
Underwater Plants Emerge as Powerful Allies in the Fight to Save Freshwater Ecosystems
A new synthesis in Discover Ecology shows that restoring aquatic plants such as submerged, floating, and emergent macrophytes can dramatically ...
New index uncovers why three forest types on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are declining in different ways
A new Composite Degradation Index combining biomass trends and landscape fragmentation reveals that coniferous, broad-leaved, and mixed forests on the ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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