Tree Planting Can Raise Wildfire Risk in Temperate Regions, Satellite Study Finds
A satellite analysis of 67,248 afforested patches shows tree planting increased fire occurrence by 26 percent on average across temperate ...
Tag: Ecosystem Services
Forest structure, not just cover, steers water and carbon services
A new review argues that forest structure—not simply forest cover—determines whether management produces synergies or trade-offs among water, carbon, soil, ...
MDPI to Host Soil Health Workshop at University of Florida
MDPI is hosting an interdisciplinary workshop on soil health at the University of Florida on December 4, 2026, featuring discussions ...
Century of Global Termite Research Reveals Major Shift Toward Ecological Frontiers
A comprehensive bibliometric analysis of 5,154 studies published between 1926 and 2024 charts how termite research evolved from traditional pest ...
Green Incentives Cannot Bridge Profitability Gap in European Kelp Cultivation
A stochastic economic modeling study shows that ecosystem service payments and green market incentives fail to make European sugar kelp ...
Strategic habitat placement could connect fragmented farms without hurting profits
A new modeling framework applied to a Manitoba agricultural landscape shows that a few well-placed habitat patches can substantially boost ...
Computational Urban Analysis Reshapes Master Planning in Belo Horizonte
A study in City, Territory and Architecture presents Adaptive Master Plans, a computational framework tested in three Belo Horizonte case ...
Mangrove restoration creates jobs, but hybrid finance decides whether they last
A systematic review of 31 studies finds mangrove restoration generates 2 to 7 full-time-equivalent jobs per hectare during planting, but ...
Genomics Goes Routine: From Model Labs to Honey Bees, Crops and Wild Populations
A new perspective argues that genomics has shifted from a specialized pursuit of well-funded labs to a routine tool now ...
Cropland Shrank Yet Grain Output Soared 66% in Henan as Cities Ate the Farmland
A two-decade analysis of Henan Province finds that built-up land, not forest, absorbed most lost cropland while grain production still ...
Cultivated land past 40% sharply amplifies drought and heatwave risk in northern China’s agro-pastoral ecotone
A study of northern China's Horqin Sandy Land finds that once cultivated land exceeds about 40% of the landscape, drought ...
Biochar’s erosion-control co-benefits valued at up to €25 per hectare yearly
A new scenario-based framework values the gross ecosystem-service co-benefits of biochar-mediated soil erosion control at €2.80 to €24.19 per hectare ...
H5N1 Avian Influenza Emerges as a Global Threat to Already Declining Vulture Populations
A letter in Conservation Biology warns that the H5N1 avian influenza panzootic is killing vultures across the Americas and Europe ...
Quantifying Nature’s Value: Green Space Health Benefits Valued in Euros
A pilot study in Flanders, Belgium, successfully quantified and monetized the health benefits of green-blue areas, estimating annual economic gains ...
Counting the Hidden Energy That Keeps an Estuary Alive
A new emergy analysis quantifies the renewable energy flows sustaining Brazil's Araranguá River estuary at 2.07 million emReais per year, ...
Brazil’s Hidden Lagoons: 300 Coastal Ecosystems, but Their Seaweed Remains a Mystery
A systematic review has mapped 300 coastal lagoons along Brazil's coast but found macroalgae documented in only 11 of them, ...
Estuaries Through a Systems Lens: Rethinking Coastal Management
A new systems-theory framework argues that estuaries must be managed as interconnected wholes, using emergy analysis to quantify sustainability and ...
Forty Years of Data Reveal How Farming Reshapes Brazil’s Hidden Soil Life
A comprehensive 40-year review of Brazilian soil fauna reveals that tillage can reduce earthworm densities by at least 67 percent ...
Hidden harvest: Moroccan lagoon seaweeds and seagrasses offer vast untapped ecosystem services
A semi-quantitative assessment of Oualidia Lagoon reveals that native seaweeds and seagrasses deliver 70 to 85 percent of their potential ...
Why Low-Carbon Transitions Fail Without Justice, Institutions and Finance
A Frontiers editorial collection argues that decarbonization succeeds only when climate policy is matched with institutional capacity, financial reform, ecological ...
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