Ambio - Read and Share influential articles published during the 2010s
We also celebrated the diversity of influential articles published over the past 10 years, i.e. from the time of Ambio's transition to Springer Nature. We perused all of the 1212 Ambio papers published from January 2010 to December 2019 and selected some of the most innovative and important ones, while at the same time avoiding overlap with the thematic articles of the 50th Anniversary Collection (this opens in a new tab).
We promoted one article per week by including the
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Week 1
Trends in Ecosystem Service Research: Early Steps and Current Drivers (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Petteri Vihervaara, Mia Rönkä & Mari Walls
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/b8bjp (this opens in a new tab)
Week 2
Fish Migration, Dams, and Loss of Ecosystem Services in the Mekong Basin (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Patrick J. Dugan, Chris Barlow, Angelo A. Agostinho, Eric Baran, Glenn F. Cada, Daqing Chen, Ian G. Cowx, John W. Ferguson, Tuantong Jutagate, Martin Mallen-Cooper, Gerd Marmulla, John Nestler, Miguel Petrere, Robin L. Welcomme & Kirk O. Winemiller
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ccj0k (this opens in a new tab)
Week 3
Urban Transitions: On Urban Resilience and Human-Dominated Ecosystems (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Henrik Ernston, Sander E. van der Leeuw, Charles L. Redman, Douglas J. Meffert, George Davis, Christine Alfsen & Thomas Elmqvist
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ccj0J (this opens in a new tab)
Week 4
Current Nitrogen Management Status and Measures to Improve the Intensive Wheat–Maize System in China (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Zhenling Cui, Xinping Chen & Fusuo Zhang
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cc1uG (this opens in a new tab)
Week 5
The Threats from Oil Spills: Now, Then, and in the Future (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Arne Jernelöv
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cc1tP (this opens in a new tab)
Week 6
Current Nitrogen Management Status and Measures to Improve the Intensive Wheat-Maize System in China (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Zhenling Cui, Zinping Chen & Fusuo Zhang
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ceyOB (this opens in a new tab)
Week 7
Coping with Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Risk Governance: A Synthesis (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Ortwin Renn, Andreas klinke & Marjolein van Asselt
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ceWUj (this opens in a new tab)
Week 8
Habitat Loss, the Dynamics of Biodiversity, and a Perspective on Conservation (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Ilkka Hanski
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cfeiI (this opens in a new tab)
Week 9
When Ecosystem Services Crash: Preparing for Big, Fast, Patchy Climate Change (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: David D. Breshears, Laura López-Hoffman & Lisa J. Graumlich
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cfCcT (this opens in a new tab)
Week 10
Reconnecting to the Biosphere (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Carl Folke, Åsa Jansson, Johan Rockström, Per Olsson, Stephen R. Carpenter, F. Stuart Chapin III, Anne-Sophie Crépin, Gretchen Daily, Kjell Danell, Jonas Ebbesson, Thomas Elmqvist, Victor Galaz, Fredrik Moberg, Måns Nilsson, Henrik Österblom, Elinor Ostrom, Åsa Persson, Garry Peterson, Stephen Polasky, Will Steffen, Brian Walker & Frances Westley
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cf0CT (this opens in a new tab)
Week 11
The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Will Steffen, Åsa Persson, Lisa Deutsch, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Katherine Richardson, Carole Crumley, Paul Crutzen, Carl Folke, Line Gordon, Mario Molina, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Johan Rockström, Marten Scheffer, Hans Joachim Schellnuber & Uno Svedin
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cgnUV (this opens in a new tab)
Week 12
Tipping Toward Sustainability: Emerging Pathways of Transformation (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Frances Westley, Per Olsson, Carl Folke, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Harrie Vredenburg, Derk Loorbach, John Thompson, Måns Nillson, Eric Lambin, Jan Sendzimir, Banny Banerjee, Victor Galaz & Sander van der Leeuw
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cgL1Y (this opens in a new tab)
Week 13
The Changing Face of Arctic Snow Cover: A Synthesis of Observed and Projected Changes (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Terry V. Callaghan, Margareta Johansson, Ross D. Brown, Pavel Y. Groisman, Niklas Labb, Vladimir Radionov, Roger G. Barry, Olga N. Bulgyna, Richard L.H. Essery, D. M. Frolov, Vladimir N. Golubev, Thomas C. Grenfell, Marina N. Petrushina, Vyacheslav N. Razuvaev, David A. Robinson, Peter Romanov, Drew Shindell, Andrey B. Shmakin, Sergey A. Sokratov, Stephen Warren & Daquing Yang
Sharable link: https://rdcu.be/che6y (this opens in a new tab)
Week 14
Arctic Climate Tipping Points (this opens in a new tab)
Author: Timothy M. Lenton
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ciaQn (this opens in a new tab)
Week 15
Fog as a Fresh-Water Resource: Overview and Perspectives (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Otto Klemm, Robert S. Schemenauer, Anne Lummerich, Pilar Cereceda, Victoria Marzol, David Corell, Johan van Heerden, Dirk Reinhard, Tseggai Gherezghiher, Jana Olivier, Pablo Osses, Jamal Sarsour, Ernst Frost, María J. Estrela, José A. Valiente & Gebregiorgis Mussie Fessehaye
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ciaQb (this opens in a new tab)
Week 16
A Review of the Elements of Human Well-Being with an Emphasis on the Contribution of Ecosystem Services (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: J.K. Summers, L.M. Smith, J.L. Case & R.A. Linthurst
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ciwJM (this opens in a new tab)
Week 17
Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution in China: Causes and Mitigation Measures (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Bo Sun, Linxiu Zhang, Linzhang Yang, Fusuo Zhang, David Norse & Zhaoliang Zhu
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ciWfI (this opens in a new tab)
Week 18
Reconstructing the Development of Baltic Sea Eutrophication 1850–2006 (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Bo, G. Gustafsson, Frederik Schenk, Thorsten Blenckner, Kari Eilola, H.E. Markus Meier, Bärbel Müller-Karulis, Thomas Neumann, Tuija Ruoha-Airola, Oleg P. Savchuk & Eduardo Zorita
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cjqvF (this opens in a new tab)
Week 19
Planetary Stewardship in an Urbanizing World: Beyond City Limits (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Sybil P. Seitzinger, Uno Svedin, all 26 authors (this opens in a new tab), Lorraine Sugar
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ckjtq (this opens in a new tab)
Week 20
Science with Society in the Anthropocene
Authors: Roman Seidl, Fridolin Simon Brand, all 10 authors (this opens in a new tab), Roland Werner Scholz
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ckjtA (this opens in a new tab)
Week 21
Megacities and Large Urban Agglomerations in the Coastal Zone: Interactions Between Atmosphere, Land, and Marine Ecosystems (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Roland von Glasgow, Tim D. Jickells, Alexander Baklanov, all 17 authors (this opens in a new tab), Tong Zhu
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/clgbp (this opens in a new tab)
Week 22
Measurement, Collaborative Learning and Research for Sustainable Use of Ecosystem Services: Landscape Concepts and Europe as Laboratory (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Per Angelstam, Michael Grodzynskyi, Kjell Andersson, Robert Axelsson, Marine Elbakidze, Alexander Khoroshev, Ivan Kruhlov & Vladimir Naumov
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/clgbT
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Social and Cultural Sustainability: Criteria, Indicators, Verifier Variables for Measurement and Maps for Visualization to Support Planning (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Robert Axelsson, Per Angelstam, Erik Degerman, Sara Teitelbaum, Kjell Andersson, Marine Elbakidze & Marcus K. Drotz
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/clgb7 (this opens in a new tab)
Week 23
The Challenges of Incorporating Cultural Ecosystem Services into Environmental Assessment (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Debra Satz, Rachelle K. Gould, all 12 authors (this opens in a new tab), Sarah Klain
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/clDhW (this opens in a new tab)
Week 24
Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea: Biogeochemical Cycles, Benthic Fauna, and Management
Authors: Jacob Carstensen, Daniel J. Conly, all 14 authors (this opens in a new tab), Maren Voss
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cl4vy (this opens in a new tab)
Week 25
The Historical Dynamics of Social–Ecological Traps (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Wiebren J. Boonstra, & Florianne W. de Boer
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cmUOo (this opens in a new tab)
Week 26
Ecosystem Services in Urban Landscapes: Practical Applications and Governance Implications (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Dagmar Haase, Niki Frantzeskaki & Thomas Elmqvist
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cmUOA (this opens in a new tab)
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A Quantitative Review of Urban Ecosystem Service Assessments: Concepts, Models, and Implementation (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Dagmar Haase, Neele Larondelle, all 21 authors (this opens in a new tab), Thomas Elmqvist
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cmUO5 (this opens in a new tab)
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Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere: Stewardship of Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Erik Andersson, Stephan Barthel, Sara Borgström, Johan Colding, Thomas Elmqvist, Carl Folke & Åsa Gren
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cmUPi (this opens in a new tab)
Week 27
Connecting Diverse Knowledge Systems for Enhanced Ecosystem Governance: The Multiple Evidence Base Approach (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Maria Tengö. Eduardo S. Brondizio, Thomas Elmqvist, Pernilla Malmer & Marja Spierenburg
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cnoXr (this opens in a new tab)
Week 28
Half a century of changing mercury levels in Swedish freshwater fish (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Staffan Åkerblom, Anders Bignert, Markus Meili, Lars Sonesten & Marcus Sundbom
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cnKsx (this opens in a new tab)
Week 29
Beaver-mediated methane emission: The effects of population growth in Eurasia and the Americas (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Colin J. Whitfield, Helen M. Baulch, Kwok P. Chun & Cherie J. Westbrook
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cobCj (this opens in a new tab)
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The pika and the watershed: The impact of small mammal poisoning on the ecohydrology of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Maxwell C. Wilson & Andrew T. Smith
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cobCx (this opens in a new tab)
Week 30
Adaptive evolution in urban ecosystems (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Colin M. Donihue & Max R. Lambert
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cpayP (this opens in a new tab)
Week 31
Societal transformation in response to global environmental change: A review of emerging concepts (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Giuseppe Feola
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cp07X (this opens in a new tab)
Week 32
Mapping bundles of ecosystem services reveals distinct types of multifunctionality within a Swedish landscape (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Cibele Queroz, Megan Meacham, Kristina Richter, Albert V. Nordström, Erik Andersson, Jon Norberg & Garry Peterson
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cp08Y (this opens in a new tab)
Week 33
Future agriculture with minimized phosphorus losses to waters: Research needs and direction (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Andrew N. Sharpley, Lars Bergström, all 12 authors (this opens in a new tab), Paul J.A. Withers
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ctH6m (this opens in a new tab)
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Phosphorus management in Europe in a changing world (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Oscar F. Schoumans, Fayçal Bouraoui, Christian Kabbe, Oene Oenema & Kimo C. van Dijk
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ctH71 (this opens in a new tab)
Week 34
The social implications of using drones for biodiversity conservation (this opens in a new tab)
Author: Chris Sandbrook
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/ct8ry (this opens in a new tab)
Week 35
Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Kris Verheyen, Margot Vanhellemont, all 28 authors (this opens in a new tab), Michael Sherer-Lorenzen
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cuTsp (this opens in a new tab)
Week 36
Protected areas’ role in climate-change mitigation (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Jerry M. Melillo, Xiaoliang Lu, David W. Kicklighter, John M. Reilly, Yongxia Cai & Andrei P. Sokolov
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cuTtn (this opens in a new tab)
Week 37
Changing Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Stef Bokhorst, Stine Højlund Pedersen, all 29 authors (this opens in a new tab), Terry V. Callaghan
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cxE4s (this opens in a new tab)
Week 38
When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Robin L. Chazdon, all 9 authors (this opens in a new tab), Sarah Jane Wilson
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cxE4S (this opens in a new tab)
Week 39
Replacing monocultures with mixed-species stands: Ecosystem service implications of two production forest alternatives in Sweden (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Adam Felton, Urban Nilsson, Johan Sonesson, all 24 authors (this opens in a new tab), Kristina Wallertz
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cx5Hx (this opens in a new tab)
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Reducing the risk of invasive forest pests and pathogens: Combining legislation, targeted management and public awareness (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Maartje J. Klapwijk, Anna J.M, Hopkins, Louise Eriksson, Maria Pettersson, Martin Schroeder, Åke Lindelöw, Jonas Rönnberg, E. Carina H. Keskitalo & Marc Kenis
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cx5HU (this opens in a new tab)
Week 40
Beyond dichotomies: Gender and intersecting inequalities in climate change studies (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Houria Djoudi, Bruno Locatelli, Chloe Vaast, Kiran Asher, Maria Brockhus & Bimbika Basnett Sijapati
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cyLGB (this opens in a new tab)
Week 41
Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Johan Rockström, John Williams, all 16 authors (this opens in a new tab), Jimmy Smith
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cyLG0 (this opens in a new tab)
Week 42
Leverage points for sustainability transformation (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: David J. Abson, Joern Fischer, Julia Leventon, Jens Newig, Thomas Schomerus, Ulli Vilsmaier, Henrik von Wehrden, Paivi Abernethy, Christopher D. Ives, Nicolas W. Jager & Daniel J. Lang
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/czhbR (this opens in a new tab)
Week 43
A conceptual framework for understanding illegal killing of large carnivores (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Neil H. Carter, José Vicente López-Bao, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Meredith Gore, Guillaume Chapron, Arlyne Johnson, Yaffa Epstein, Mahendra Shrestha, Jens Frank, Omar Ohrens & Adrian Treves
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/czGHT (this opens in a new tab)
Week 44
The measurement of water scarcity: Defining a meaningful indicator (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Simon Damkjaer and Richard Taylor
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cz3z3 (this opens in a new tab)
Week 45
Sustainable urban systems: Co-design and framing for transformation (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Robert Webb, Xuemei Bai, Mark Stafford Smith, all 15 authors (this opens in a new tab), Giles Thomson
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cAzRX (this opens in a new tab)
Week 46
A review of global environmental mercury processes in response to human and natural perturbations: Changes of emissions, climate, and land use (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Daniel Obrist, Jane L. Kirk, Lei Zhang, Elsie M. Sunderland, Martin Jiskra & Noelle E. Selin
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cAzSi (this opens in a new tab)
Week 47
Global challenges for seagrass conservation (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Richard K. F. Unsworth, all 9 authors (this opens in a new tab), Lina M. Nordlund
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cBNTC (this opens in a new tab)
Week 48
Global seafood consumption footprint (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Jordi Guillen, all 10 authors (this opens in a new tab), Jahn Th. Martinsohn
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cBNTZ (this opens in a new tab)
Global seafood consumption footprint (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Jordi Guillen, Fabrizio Natale, Natacha Carvalho, John Casey, Johann Hofherr, Jean-Noël Druon, Gianluca Fiore, Maurizio Gibin, Antonella Zanzi & Jahn Th. Martinsohn
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cCG19 (this opens in a new tab)
Recoverable Earth: a twenty-first century environmental narrative (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Paul Jepson
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cCG2B (this opens in a new tab)
Feedback effect of crop raiding in payments for ecosystem services (this opens in a new tab)
Authors: Xiaodong Cheng, Qi Zhang, M. Nils Peterson & Conghe Song
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/cCG27 (this opens in a new tab)