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A salt marsh in the Yangtze River estuary (Jiuduansha Wetland) on December 25, 2006.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Understanding the Importance of Salt Marshes

by Pei Xin, Alicia Wilson, Zhenming Ge and Isaac Santos 19 April 202217 June 2022

Hydrological processes affect plant ecology and the biogeochemical exchange between salt marshes and the sea.

Mangrove forest
Posted inNews

After a Hurricane, Coastal Systems Draw a Line in the Sand

by J. Besl 13 April 202213 April 2022

A new study finds nature can’t have it both ways: On the basis of thousands of case studies from dozens of hurricanes, there’s always a trade-off between resistance and resilience.

A beach in Nova Scotia, Canada
Posted inNews

Just 15.5% of Global Coastline Remains Intact

by Robin Donovan 21 March 202221 March 2022

Combining data from land and sea helps ecologists measure human impact.

Aerial view of an instrumented tower rising above forest canopy near a river
Posted inScience Updates

NEON Lights a Path for Sustained Ecological Observations

by M. SanClements and P. Mabee 28 June 202122 March 2022

Resources and data offered by the National Ecological Observatory Network are supporting researchers investigating critical ecosystem changes across the country.

Map showing the location of study in northern Italy and inset image showing bathymetry of Lake Tovel
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Climate Warming Improves Oxygen Mixing in a High-Altitude Lake

by D. Scott Mackay 10 September 202020 April 2022

Long term weather and lake data from a high elevation lake in the Alps demonstrate that climate warming may actually improve the ability of high-altitude deep lakes to mix their waters.

Long tentacles of a Relicanthus stream above the seafloor
Posted inNews

Deep-Sea Mining May Have Deep Economic, Environmental Impacts

by James Dacey 3 August 202029 April 2022

A new report supports the creation of a compensation fund for nations that rely on terrestrial mining, but it fails to dispel environmental concerns over deep-sea mining.

A colony of 60,000 pairs of king penguins stands on the exposed gray bedrock of South Georgia.
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How Climate Science Is Expanding the Scale of Ecological Research

by Kate Wheeling 31 March 202025 April 2022

Tools developed for climate science can help researchers forecast ecological dipoles: the contrasting effects of climate on populations separated by thousands of kilometers.

Thick pine forest of Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Cape Cod, Mass.
Posted inNews

New England Forests Were Historically Shaped by Climate, Not People

by Rachel Fritts 28 February 20209 May 2022

A first-of-its-kind study combining paleoecology and archeology indicates that the New England landscape was not actively managed with fire prior to European arrival.

Water droplets on leaf
Posted inEditors' Vox

Ecohydrology: What’s in a Name?

by D. Scott Mackay 13 May 20191 April 2022

Scientists were studying ecohydrology for decades before it became an official ‘ology’. Find out how this field has evolved over the past century.

Vegetation growing in the heathlands of Chobham Common, Surrey
Posted inScience Updates

Ancient Fires and Indigenous Knowledge Inform Fire Policies

by C. Adolf, D. Hawthorne and D. Colombaroli 22 March 20194 May 2022

Global Paleofire Working Group 2: Diverse Knowledge Systems for Fire Policy and Biodiversity Conservation; Egham, United Kingdom, 4–9 September 2018

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