Though spatially distinct, the Santa Barbara Channel’s subtidal kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), the foundation species of rocky reefs, ...

Large-scale tree planting projects aimed at sequestering carbon are oversimplifying the many values of forests, researchers reported Tuesday. In a peer-reviewed opinion paper published in Trends in ...

A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results demonstrate that logging ...

A photographer shares the epiphanies she has had while chronicling underwater jungles off the California coast Avery Schuyler Nunn The kelp forest is my favorite ecosystem on Earth. I first began ...

Jake M Robinson is affiliated with the UNFCCC Resilience Frontiers think tank. Carlos Abrahams works for Baker Consultants, an ecological consultancy that specialises in ecoacoustics. He currently ...

Forest ecosystems provide numerous material and immaterial services to landowners and users. Their management is a key issue to be addressed by environmental governance. Even if the scientific ...