Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

Monitoring global biodiversity from space through remotely sensing geospatial patterns has
high potential to add to our knowledge acquired by field observation. Although a framework …

Global strategies to halt the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change are often
formulated separately, even though they are interdependent and risk failure if pursued in …

We live on a dynamic Earth shaped by both natural processes and the impacts of humans
on their environment. It is in our collective interest to observe and understand our planet …

Biodiversity science in China has seen rapid growth over recent decades, ranging from
baseline biodiversity studies to understanding the processes behind evolution across …

Life on Earth comes in many forms, but all life-forms share a common element in carbon. It is
the basic building block of biology, and by trap** radiation it also plays an important role …

ForestGEO is a network of scientists and long-term forest dynamics plots (FDPs) spanning
the Earth's major forest types. ForestGEO's mission is to advance understanding of the …

Plant pathogens cause significant losses to agricultural yields and increasingly threaten
food security, ecosystem integrity and societies in general,,–. Xylella fastidiosa is one of the …

In the face of the growing challenges brought about by human activities, effective planning
and decision-making in biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, restoration, and …

Foliar functional traits are widely used to characterize leaf and canopy properties that drive
ecosystem processes and to infer physiological processes in Earth system models. Imaging …