New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

Altering streamflow can endanger the ecosystems that rely on it, but researchers have lacked data on how human infrastructure has impacted streamflow in the U.S. Now, a study has mapped streamflow ...

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

A newly published study from Åbo Akademi University, Finland shows the significant influence of human-induced pressures on the structure and functioning of coastal invertebrate communities in the ...

Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

Traditionally, it has been assumed that cultivating food leads to a loss of biodiversity and negative impacts on an ecosystem. A new study defies this assumption, showing that community gardens and ...

The term “ecosystem engineering” has been used for decades as a way to describe organisms that drastically alter their ...

The 2022-2023 Plymouth State University Saul O Sidore Lecture Series begins Tuesday, October 18, at 7 p.m., when PSU professor emeritus Len Reitsma, Ph.D. will explore the emerging concept of ecocide, ...