Electric utilities nationwide face the challenges of climate change and natural ecosystem disturbances. Case in point: About 10,000 thunderstorms occur each year in the United States, according to the ...

A ten-year-long examination of macroinvertebrate community recovery was conducted following a catastrophic spill of highly alkaline red sludge (pH >13) into lowland streams. T1: The section of the ...

The study underscores the crucial role of microbes in maintaining coral reef health, akin to the human gut microbiome. Hurricanes and disease outbreaks affect coral reef water microbial communities, ...

From tropical rainforests to coral reefs, some of Earth’s most diverse ecosystems are also the most stable. This staggering diversity stands in opposition to ecological theory, which for decades has ...

The Key to Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World The field of ecological research has long established that plant ...

Human activities and climate change have made nearly half of the world’s lakes less resilient, decreasing their ability to bounce back from sudden disturbances like heat waves and floods, according to ...

Every morning, I rely upon the rising of the sun to slowly bring me back to consciousness. Every night, I am eventually coaxed back to bed with the darkening of the night sky. I move through the day — ...