Beneath the Pavement: City Soils Hide a Startlingly Diverse Bacterial World Shaped by Construction History
A detailed survey of street tree soils in Antwerp reveals over 1,800 bacterial genera and shows that construction history, not ...
Tag: ecosystem services
When People Leave Cities: The Hidden Ecological Costs and Surprises of Counter-Urbanisation
A new review argues that the growing movement of people from cities to the countryside reshapes ecosystems through two distinct ...
A Decade of IPBES Reveals the Science Biodiversity Action Still Lacks
Outgoing IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie identifies systems thinking, transformative change and business engagement as the scientific priorities needed to ...
Six Ways to Value Soil: Why No Single Policy Can Keep Earth’s Ground Healthy
A new framework identifies six distinct value perspectives on soil health, from farm productivity to intrinsic worth, and shows why ...
Global synthesis of 423 studies reveals biodiversity’s uneven grip on nature’s services
A landmark synthesis of 423 studies and over 200,000 data points shows that biodiversity strengthens most ecosystem functions and services ...
New Open-Access Journal PLOS Ecosystems Aims to Unite Science Against the Biodiversity Crisis
The new open-access journal PLOS Ecosystems launches with an editorial arguing that fragmented publishing has hindered the response to the ...
Biodiversity’s Financial Logic Keeps Canada’s Salmon Fisheries Stable, Study Finds
A 27-year analysis of British Columbia's commercial salmon fisheries shows that the stabilising portfolio effect of biodiversity extends from fish ...
Mapping Three Decades of Ecosystem Services Research: Who Publishes, Who Collaborates, Who Gets Left Behind
A new bibliometric analysis of 68,149 publications reveals explosive growth in ecosystem services research since 2010, dominated by the United ...
Oyster Reefs Grow Faster as Seas Rise, but They Are Not the Carbon Sinks We Hoped
A 2,000-year record of North Carolina oyster reefs shows that accelerating sea-level rise triples reef accretion, yet the carbon dioxide ...
Sulawesi Is Losing Its Water-Regulating Landscapes, Satellite Record Shows
A 32-year spatial analysis shows that high water regulation capacity on Sulawesi Island fell from 59.5 percent of the land ...
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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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