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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?
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Research news | 2020-01-29
Time is of essence when restoring ecosystems
How social interventions become opportunities for accelerated policy implementation
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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
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Research news | 2018-12-20
Contagious collapses
New study reveals hidden links and potential domino effects between tipping points in climate, ecosystems and societies
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Research news | 2015-08-26
How social dynamics affected the 1980s Baltic Sea cod boom and collapse
How humans matter for ecological regime shifts
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Research news | 2015-08-13
Untangling ecological collapse
First Regime Shift Database helps researchers assess main global-level drivers of unwanted ecological transitions
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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
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Research news | 2014-05-05
Introducing the Regime Shifts Database
New online resource with detailed examples of large persistent changes in nature
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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
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Research news | 2013-11-06
Tipping points, regime shifts and planetary boundaries
Human activity could give rise to planetary-scale ecological regime shifts
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Research news | 2013-09-11
Back from the brink
Shocks and natural variability can help restore coral cover on degraded reefs
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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
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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