AIMC Topic: Ecosystem

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Benthic communities on restored coral reefs confer equivalent aesthetic value to healthy reefs.

Scientific reports
Coral reefs are valuable ecosystems that provide diverse ecosystem services to people. For example, many reefs have exceptionally high tourism value, attracting visitors to experience their ecologically and visually rich reef habitat. However, human-...

Monitoring temporal changes in large urban street trees using remote sensing and deep learning.

PloS one
In the rapidly changing dynamics of urbanization, urban forests offer numerous benefits to city dwellers. However, the information available on these resources is often outdated or non-existent, leading in part to inequitable access to these benefits...

Bio-inspired robotics in times of ecological crisis: an attempt at self-criticism.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
This article attempts to show that current trends in bio-inspired robotics research are incompatible with the transformations needed to address the current ecological crisis. A large part of the scientific community takes refuge behind short-term cha...

Global dominance of seasonality in shaping lake-surface-extent dynamics.

Nature
Lakes are crucial for ecosystems, greenhouse gas emissions and water resources, yet their surface-extent dynamics, particularly seasonality, remain poorly understood at continental to global scales owing to limitations in satellite observations. Alth...

Spatial Risks of Microplastics in Soils and the Cascading Effects Thereof.

Environmental science & technology
Microplastic (MP) pollution has become a significant global concern in soil systems. The spatial risk of MPs in soils, the cascading effects of climate, human activities, and air quality, and the ecosystem gradients from natural habitats, agricultura...

Distinguishing critical microbial community shifts from normal temporal variability in human and environmental ecosystems.

Scientific reports
Differentiating significant microbial community changes from normal fluctuations is vital for understanding microbial dynamics in human and environmental ecosystems. This knowledge could enable early warning systems to monitor critical changes affect...

Modeling climate change impacts and predicting future vulnerability in the Mount Kenya forest ecosystem using remote sensing and machine learning.

Environmental monitoring and assessment
The Mount Kenya forest ecosystem (MKFE), a crucial biodiversity hotspot and one of Kenya's key water towers, is increasingly threatened by climate change, putting its ecological integrity and vital ecosystem services at risk. Understanding the intera...

Unraveling four decades of soil acidification on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Patterns, drivers, and future projections.

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Soil acidification poses escalating threats to ecosystem functions, yet its spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers across vulnerable high-altitude regions remain poorly resolved. Here, we integrate four-decade soil surveys (1980s-2020s) with machine lea...

Unlocking the soundscape of coral reefs with artificial intelligence: pretrained networks and unsupervised learning win out.

PLoS computational biology
Passive acoustic monitoring can offer insights into the state of coral reef ecosystems at low-costs and over extended temporal periods. Comparison of whole soundscape properties can rapidly deliver broad insights from acoustic data, in contrast to de...

Assessment of marine eutrophication: Challenges and solutions ahead.

Marine pollution bulletin
Marine eutrophication remains a pressing global environmental challenge, demanding urgent advances in science-based assessment frameworks to mitigate its ecological and socio-economic impacts. Current methodologies, however, face critical limitations...