In mountainous western North America, vegetation cover has moved upward at a rapid rate over the past several decades, according to a new study. Understanding such shifts in species distribution could ...
Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades, new research shows. Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than ...
Reduced snow cover and vegetation shifts in the Alps, driven, to some degree, by climate change, are leading some mountain ecosystems to struggle to hold onto nutrients that feed vegetation, a new ...
New satellite data documents the loss of vegetation in all types of ecosystems, not just tropical rainforests, around the world. The OPERA DIST-ALERT was developed by the makers of popular forest ...
Forests occupy about 31 percent of the Earth’s surface area. They are important in regulating the climate, maintaining biodiversity, protecting the soil, regulating water cycles, and providing ...
Cultural vegetation is defined as “vegetation with a distinctive structure, composition, and development determined by regular human activity.” Often, cultural vegetation has been planted, treated, or ...