Ecologists pay too much attention to increasingly rare "pristine" ecosystems, say some researchers. They assert that the current system of classifying ecosystems into biomes (or "ecological ...

A new system to map the world's 'biomes' -- large-scale vegetation formations -- has been developed that will provide an objective method for monitoring how vegetation reacts as climate changes. The ...

Brian J. McGill is in the School of Biology and Ecology and at the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04473, USA. Stephanie N. Miller is in the School of ...

Since the Industrial Revolution, the United States has warmed by roughly 2°F. As temperatures rise, climate change is reshaping coastlines, forests, and grasslands, shifting biomes and forever ...

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A botany researcher at New Zealand's University of Otago and colleagues have developed a new system to map the world's "biomes"-- large-scale vegetation formations -- that will provide an objective ...

This release is also available in French. Ecologists pay too much attention to increasingly rare "pristine" ecosystems while ignoring the overwhelming influence of humans on the environment, say ...