“We’ve created a new man-made ecosystem of plastic debris,” said Lopez, a graduate student at the University of San Diego, during the recent expedition. Advertisement.

What do the Austrian alps, Philippine rice terraces and India's Kerala Backwaters have in common? True, they are some of the world's most beautiful--and ecologically diverse--landscapes.

Elizabeth Lopez maneuvered a massive steel claw over the side of a 134-foot sailboat and guided its descent through swaying kelp and schools of fish 10 miles off the coast ...

Man-made havoc is preventable. C.R. Babu is professor emeritus at the Centre for Environment Management of Degraded Ecosystems at the University of Delhi. Gift this article .

VIDEO: Man Made Tide Pools May Protect Land Around San Diego Bay Over the next few months, sea life in the bay should start to move into the manufactured tide pools and set up house. “You’ll ...

Increased biological diversity improves ecosystem functioning. ... To this end, the researchers analyzed data from 13 natural and man-made ecosystems on Africa’s highest mountain, ...

A Man-Made rainforest that should have taken millennia to evolve has baffled scientists by springing up in just 150 years. Rainforests should take millions of years to develop the highly complex ...

WINONA, Minn. — I wonder if Prairie Island is infested with feral gerbils. If it is, I might be to blame. It’s chastening to think of yourself as some sort of eco-vandal, an enemy of the earth ...

SYDNEY, March 2 (Xinhua) -- A world-first catalogue of the globe's ecosystems was officially launched on Tuesday, ... the typology includes man-made ecosystems such as croplands and dams.

While they cover less than 0.1 percent of the oceans, they are home to 25 percent of the planet’s biodiversity and support over 1 billion people with a range of ecosystem services.

OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO — Elizabeth Lopez maneuvered a massive steel claw over the side of a 134-foot sailboat and guided its descent through swaying kelp and schools of fish 10 miles off the ...