University of Nebraska–Lincoln's S. Kathleen Lyons is providing a new framework—Earth system engineering—for examining how organisms, including humans, have fundamentally altered ecosystems on a ...

Climate change is already reshaping global weather patterns and ecosystems around the world. In the long-term, its consequences could range from further substantial increases in the number of extreme ...

The earth is a complex system where components such as atmosphere, oceans, land, and biosphere are interconnected influencing the natural processes for millions of years. The interactions between ...

Earth’s green center has been drifting steadily for decades, reflecting a change in where vegetation grows most intensely.

Humanity has reached the first Earth system tipping point, the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs, marking the beginning of irreversible planetary shifts. As global temperatures move beyond ...