Earth's forests harbor extensive biodiversity and are currently a major carbon sink. Forest
conservation and restoration can help mitigate climate change; however, climate change …

Drought-induced tree mortality has been observed globally and is expected to increase
under climate change scenarios, with large potential consequences for the terrestrial carbon …

Bacterial communities associated with roots impact the health and nutrition of the host plant.
The dynamics of these microbial assemblies over the plant life cycle are, however, not well …

A 5-year Clean Air Action Plan was implemented in 2013 to reduce air pollutant emissions
and improve ambient air quality in Bei**g. Assessment of this action plan is an essential part …

Community forest management (CFM) has been promoted for decades as a way to merge
environmental conservation with economic development and natural resource rights …

Environment-related risks affect assets in various sectors of the global economy, as well as
social and governance aspects, giving birth to what is known as ESG investments …

Background Predicting which children will go on to develop mental health symptoms as
adolescents is critical for early intervention and preventing future, severe negative …

The most commonly used statistical models of civil war onset fail to correctly predict most
occurrences of this rare event in out-of-sample data. Statistical methods for the analysis of …

What policy is needed to ensure that good-quality water is available for both people's needs
and the environment? The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), which came into force in …

Predicting long-term spatiotemporal characteristics of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) is
important in China to understand historical levels of PM 2.5, to support health effects …