Around the world, rainforests are becoming savanna or farmland, savanna is drying out and turning into desert, and icy tundra is thawing. Indeed, scientific studies have now recorded "regime shifts" ...

RENO, Nev. — The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has curated a special journal issue to discuss climate change adaptability in California. Researchers from the University of ...

In dryland ecosystems, increased environmental stress often triggers a change from a uniform vegetation cover to patchy ...

Wildfires have long been a facet of California’s ecosystem, as varied forest land covers much of the state and often benefits from some types of fire. Indigenous communities were using controlled ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newly launched Biomass satellite has delivered a groundbreaking false-color image of Earth’s biomass, providing a unique glimpse into the planet’s carbon stores. The ...