By the USGS: As climate change accelerates, the risk of sudden, large-scale shifts in ecosystems is growing. A new USGS study examines the mechanisms behind these abrupt ecological transformations—known as threshold responses—and offers a roadmap for predicting where and when they...
Marine heatwaves and economic crashes left distinct acoustic signatures Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California...
By Justin Catanosa, Mongabay The Pacific Ocean fog hung densely over the narrow mouth of the Klamath River in this coastal rainforest in northern California. Redwood, Douglas fir and alder disappeared into the mist. Seals bobbed nearby, hungry and waiting....
Scientists discover the invasive sea squirt Corella japonica in California, raising concerns over its impact on marine ecosystems and the challenges of managing invasive species.
By Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder; Brian W. Miller, U.S. Geological Survey, and Imtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado Boulder In Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California, trees that have persisted through rain and shine for thousands of...
By Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Karrigan Börk, University of California, Davis It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon...
Five Sacramento National Wildlife Refuges show pesticides By the USGS A new paper in Science of the Total Environment, co‑authored by researchers from several USGS Mission Areas and Centers, including the California Water Science Center, finds fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides...
