Increasingly severe and numerous wildfires are changing the face of land across the globe, but new research by UC San Diego and others reveals that aquatic ecosystems are also being transformed, the ...
In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, climate warming has led to an increase in the number and severity of destructive wildfires. Climate change projections indicate that environmental ...
Methane—a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide—plays a major role in controlling the Earth's climate. But methane concentrations in the atmosphere today are 150% higher than before the ...
In a visionary commentary that bridges the gap between theory and practice, leading environmental scientists from China are pioneering a new approach to assessing the health of aquatic ecosystems.
Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a pervasive environmental stressor whose intensification, driven by stratospheric ozone fluctuations and climate change, poses considerable risks to fish and aquatic ...
(Beyond Pesticides, May 6, 2025) A study in Ecology Letters finds “severe degradation of ecosystem functioning in the form of loss of organic matter consumption and dramatic shifts in primary ...
Methane emissions from aquatic ecosystems are potentially a larger source of methane than direct anthropogenic methane sources, such as agriculture or fossil fuel combustion. Aquatic ecosystems and ...
An ecosystem is normally defined as a complex of all living (plants, animals, microorganisms) and non-living (soil, climate) components interacting as a functional unit in a certain area. Each ...
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Leveraging Aquatic Ecosystem Productivity to Address Nigeria’s Food Insecurity through Science-Based Fisheries Policy
About 33 million Nigerians are facing an acute food insecurity risk. To put this into perspective, two out of ten Nigerians face this significant hunger crisis. Nearly 40 percent of children in the ...
A series of wildfire experiments conducted at UC San Diego carry implications for aquatic ecosystems in areas such as the Sierra Nevada mountains. In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, ...
Judith Rosentreter receives funding from the Hutchinson Environmental Program, Yale University. Ben Poulter receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Bradley Eyre ...
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