Blue carbon provides opportunities to mitigate climate change while increasing ecosystem
services for coastal communities, including climate change adaptation; however, blue …

Despite occupying an area no greater than 8% of the earth's surface, natural wetland
ecosystems fulfill multiple ecological functions: 1. Soil formation and stabilization support, 2 …

Humans benefit from multiple ecosystem services of wetlands, but massive wetland loss has
occurred worldwide due to rapid urbanization. To assess the problem, it is necessary to …

Wetlands have been extensively modified by human activities worldwide. We provide a
global-scale portrait of the threats and protection status of the world's inland wetlands by …

While global food demand and world population are rapidly growing, land potential for
cropping is steadily declining due to various soil degradation processes, a major one of …

Agriculture is facing an enormous challenge: it must ensure that enough high‐quality food is
available to meet the needs of a continually growing population. Current and future …

This paper is a synthetic overview of some of the threats, risks, and integrated water
management elements in freshwater ecosystems. The paper provides some discussion of …

Abstract Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most urbanized and
biologically diverse regions in the world but is often characterized by weak environmental …

This paper explores the urban carbon cycle from the natural sciences perspective,
identifying key knowledge gaps and priority areas for future research. The combination of …

There has been much written about the negative social and environmental impacts of large
hydropower dams, particularly the impacts on people and the environment caused by …