Virtually all ecosystem and ecological processes are being affected by changing climate. Ecosystem responses differ by region or ecosystem type, and interact with other past and ongoing human…

An international research team conducted the first continental-scale study of carbon flows into and out of streams across six major climatic zones. Scientists analyzed the balance between…

Leaf litter breakdown rates may increase 5 percent to 21 percent with a 1 degree to 4-degree Celsius rise in stream water temperature. Mean annual water temperature for some streams and rivers is…