Wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal estuaries are all aquatic ecosystems—critical elements of Earth’s dynamic processes and essential to human economies and health. Wetlands connect land and ...

Wetland Conservation and Ecosystem Services Many ecologically ... with fluctuations over time often occurring seasonally. It is the balance of water inflows and outflows, or the water budget ...

Ponds are complex aquatic ecosystems. They play home to plants, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. They also consist of many non-living factors like temperature, oxygen and ...

The Impact of Melting Permafrost on Global Ecosystems Understanding Permafrost and Its Global Distribution Permafrost, a ...

Warming alters plant germination timing, changing species dominance and reshaping ecosystems in unpredictable ways.

Research co-led by the University of Maryland reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can ...