Research news | 2020-03-26

Past insights can shape future food systems

Three major innovations helped shape the global food system in the past. How can we learn from them to develop a more sustainable system for the future?

Research news | 2020-01-29

Time is of essence when restoring ecosystems

How social interventions become opportunities for accelerated policy implementation

Research news | 2019-01-14

The three different roles water can change our planet

Amid global environmental change, water becomes both the victim and the instigator for irreversible damage

Research news | 2018-12-20

Contagious collapses

New study reveals hidden links and potential domino effects between tipping points in climate, ecosystems and societies

Research news | 2018-09-02

Factors that cause woody encroachment in African savannahs

Increase in woody plants are increasingly affecting the African savannahs, reducing grazing for cattle and affecting mobility

Research news | 2018-02-20

Understanding collapse

Fear of collapse lurks behind many discussions about the future, but much research on it is scattered and incoherent

Research news | 2016-11-25

Dealing with Arctic tipping points

Amid rapid change, new Arctic Resilience Report identifies 19 tipping points and need to prepare for surprises

Research news | 2016-08-29

How to succeed with sustainable intensification of agriculture

Why global agriculture must become key contributor to sustainable development rather than largest driver of environmental change

Research news | 2016-02-25

A critical look at the Baltic Sea regime shift in the late 1980s

Even in a reported Baltic Sea regime shift, not all parts of the system are affected

Research news | 2015-08-26

How social dynamics affected the 1980s Baltic Sea cod boom and collapse

How humans matter for ecological regime shifts

Research news | 2015-08-13

Untangling ecological collapse

First Regime Shift Database helps researchers assess main global-level drivers of unwanted ecological transitions

Research news | 2014-12-17

An empire of fisheries    

How the rise and fall of the Soviet Union contributed to marine regime shifts and a transition in governance

Research news | 2014-05-05

Introducing the Regime Shifts Database

New online resource with detailed examples of large persistent changes in nature

Research news | 2014-01-27

Managing novel ecosystems amid coral reef degradation

Unrealistic to think coral reefs can return to pristine conditions, more pragmatic management approaches needed

Research news | 2013-11-06

Tipping points, regime shifts and planetary boundaries

Human activity could give rise to planetary-scale ecological regime shifts

Research news | 2013-09-11

Back from the brink

Shocks and natural variability can help restore coral cover on degraded reefs

Research news | 2013-08-23

Regime shifts in social-ecological systems

Better understanding of the coupling between human behavior and ecological dynamics key to predicting ecological regime shifts

Research news | 2013-05-31

Social-ecological consequences of changes to the Arctic region

Changes in the Arctic will affect ecosystems, communities and industrial infrastructure