NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Two recent international studies are poised to change the way scientists view the crucial relationship between Earth’s climate and the carbon cycle. These reports explore the global photosynthesis and ...

Researchers have shown that the effects of wildfires are not limited to terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems are also undergoing rapid changes. The study found that fire debris transforms lakes ...

Pt. 1: Context. The ecosystem concept. Earth's climate system -- Pt. 2: Mechanisms. Terrestrial water and energy balance. Carbon input to terrestrial ecosystems. Terrestrial production processes.

Forest ecosystems occupy a substantial part of the Earth’s land surface. Forests are crucial to global carbon sinks, capturing and storing terrestrial carbon and accounting for approximately 25% of ...

The left graph illustrates the temporal variations in CH₄ and N₂O emissions from China's natural terrestrial ecosystems over the past four decades. The net GWP remains relatively stable, driven by ...

Prologue / Mingzhen Zhou -- Divisions of non-marine Mesozoic of China and the paleoclimatic implications based on paleobotanical data / Ge Sun -- PaleoecologiCal implications of the fishes and plants ...