A research team led by the Pablo de Olavide University investigated the changes in the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems during millions of years of development. The study ...

A large international research team has identified three key indicators that together summarize the integrative function of terrestrial ecosystems: 1. the capacity to maximize primary productivity ...

Plants may have exerted greater influence on our terrestrial ecosystems than the megaherbivores that used to roam our landscapes, ... and summer temperatures on ecosystem structure and function. ...

More information: Baba Imoro Musah et al, Drivers of toxic element accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems across elevational gradients, Ecological Indicators (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113446 ...

They found that MNPs are widely present in terrestrial ecosystems. MNPs bioaccumulate across plants and the associated AG-BG ...

During accretion, terrestrial bodies attain a wide range of thermal and rotational states, which are accompanied by significant changes in physical structure (size, shape, pressure and temperature ...

A sweeping survey of global fossil and temperature records from the past 20,000 years suggests that Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems are at risk of another, even faster transformation unless ...

Scientists reviewing 85 million years of fish fossil records say that the basic structure of the ocean ecosystem – the ratio of fish compared to elasmobranchs such as sharks, skates, and rays – has ...