• Overview
• Articles
• News
• Galleries
• Resources
• More

Most organisms are sensitive to the environmental perturbations that they already have experienced as a result of climate change.

Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes) in a Costa Rican cloud forest. This species is presumed extinct because it has not been seen since 1989.

C. H. Smith, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Genes	Habitat Shifts	Populations

 

• Featured Article Ocean acidification troubles

  The seas in which corals and other calcifying species dwell are turning acidic, their pH slowly dropping as Earth's oceans acidify in response to increased carbon dioxide... More »

• Featured Article Invasive Plant Abundance

  Home and Away: Are Invasive Plant Species Really That Special? Invasive plants are a major environmental problem--but how abundant are they? Invasive plant species... More »

Recently Updated

Climate change effects on birds Last Updated on 2013-02-05 at 21:47 Introduction Many birds species all over the world are highly sensitive to the effects of climate change. Scientists have found declines of up to 90 percent in some... More »

Oil Weathering Process Last Updated on 2012-08-21 at 22:06   Introduction Years after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill of 1989, Prince William Sound, Alaska continues to be adversely affected. The severity of the damage from a... More »

Ocean acidification troubles Last Updated on 2012-08-21 at 21:50 The seas in which corals and other calcifying species dwell are turning acidic, their pH slowly dropping as Earth's oceans acidify in response to increased carbon dioxide... More »

Agriculture II Last Updated on 2012-07-26 at 11:56 Humans began to cultivate food crops about 10,000 years ago. Prior to that time, hunter-gatherers secured their food as they traveled in the nearby environment. When they... More »

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania Last Updated on 2012-07-11 at 20:02 The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (44° 25'-45° 28'N, 29° 42'-28° 45'E) is a World Heritage Site located in Romania along the Ukraine border.... More »

Predators: influence over habitats Last Updated on 2012-06-14 at 21:52 Study of grasshoppers' diets shows that animals are an important part of organic matter decomposition. While being hunted, prey animal diets may affect how soil releases... More »

View all content from sub-sections (20)

Modify Content Sequence for Species shifts