Using mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered that rate-induced tipping, which can happen if an environment changes too fast, can happen even in Daisyworld, a simple daisy-filled ecological ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to new environments they encounter? Traditionally, scientists have believed that cells ...

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...

Animal populations from urban areas show significantly higher resilience to stressful environmental conditions. The mussel and crustacean species studied were able to adapt to disturbed environments, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Arun Durvasula, University of Southern California (THE CONVERSATION) Sitting in my ...

Research shows that landscape changes across the Musi River Basin in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province risks food security across the river delta as fish stocks diminish and protein availability ...

Daisyworld is a basic planet filled with two kinds of daisies that together regulate the temperature to maintain ideal conditions. If the planet heats up or cools down too quickly, all the daisies ...

Suggested Citation: "References and Bibliography." National Research Council. 1999. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade. Washington, DC: The National ...