Pollinators thrive and provide key extensive ecosystem services when provided with sufficient habitat. Tallgrass prairies can provide sufficient habitat as they are often dominated by flowering plants throughout the year ...

In the United States (U.S.), environmental justice (EJ) assessments have traditionally used race/ethnicity and income metrics to measure disparities. Research consistently shows that racial and ethnic minorities, regardless ...

Increasing plastic recycling rates, leading to more products being made from recycled rather than virgin plastic material, is one possible solution to reducing emissions and preventing plastic pollution from entering the ...

The impacts of increasing summertime precipitation in the Midwest are of increasing concern, highlighting the urgent need for equitable and timely adaptation. The combination of increased population growth, development of ...

In our anthropocentric world, no animal is free from human impact. This world, with humans at the center, is largely compounded by competing “and often conflicting social perspectives, inflexible legislative constraints, ...

Following the nineteenth century westward expansion of the United States, Euro-American settlers sought to “make the desert bloom.” When proximal surface and groundwater resources proved insufficient to achieve this goal, ...