Old-growth forests are rare – less than 7% of the area of U.S. forests today – and are still often logged. To recover forest ecosystems across the U.S., it will not be enough to protect just ...

All over the world, ecosystems are threatened ... the UN Secretary-General will set out some hard-hitting truths about the state of the climate, the grotesque risks leaders are taking, and ...

When desert ecosystems have been damaged or destroyed ... and fires fueled by non-native plants are some of the many disturbance types of deserts (Figure 2). Depending on their type and severity ...

Despite the diversity of wetland types, all wetlands share some common features ... Wetland Conservation and Ecosystem Services Many ecologically and economically important species call wetlands ...

2 min read Freshwater ecosystems are essential for human survival, providing the majority of people's drinking water. The ecosystems are home to more than 40 percent of the world's fish species.