Monitoring Europe’s forests in a changing climate
The European Union’s climate goals rely on forests as carbon sinks. Remote sensing data reveal accelerating biomass loss and distinguish the contributions of harvesting and natural disturbances...
Conserving seagrass meadows is crucial for ‘blue carbon’ climate strategies
A study shows that seagrass meadows have the capacity to be one of the largest carbon sinks among plant ecosystems, with the Mediterranean holding the highest seagrass biomass carbon...
Pastoralism and the Rio Conventions: harnessing synergies for resilient socio-ecological systems
The future of pastoralism is under threat. Rangelands, which cover almost half of the world’s terrestrial surface, are degrading due to climate change, biodiversity loss and multiple...
