Reduced snow cover and shifting vegetation patterns in the Alps, both driven by climate change, are having major combined impacts on biodiversity and functioning of ecosystems in the high mountains, ...

The paper, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, shows that human impacts alter the controls that biodiversity exerts over wetland ‘multifunctionality' – which refers to the diverse functions ...

(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 ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 23, 2025) A global literature review of pesticide residues in marine seaweed, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, highlights the widespread presence of pesticides in ...

Africa’s ecosystems are running on less than two-thirds of the natural energy they once had – a dramatic decline that threatens the vitality of the continent’s landscapes and the livelihoods they ...