East Pacific study highlights severe cold-water bleaching as additional threat to deep reef ecosystems
Expedition diver Rose Dodwell documents the extent of coral bleaching along a transect at a depth of 32 meters (a ...
Tag: ecosystems
Understanding life’s earliest ecosystems sheds light on the evolution of life on Earth
With a new understanding of past life on the planet through fossils, a Mississippi State biological sciences faculty member is ...
Agriculture transforms entire ecosystems
In undisturbed, nutrient-poor habitats, slow-moving “turtle” organisms dominate, while fast-moving “hare” organisms predominate in nutrient-rich habitats. A growing number of ...
Alien invasion: non-native earthworms threaten ecosystems
A mature jumping worm (Amynthas agrestis). An exotic species in North America, this worm can dry out the soil and ...
Apex predators not a silver bullet for restoring ecosystems, 20-year study finds
In 2001, CSU researchers established four intensive study areas in Yellowstone to test the effects of reducing grazing through fencing ...
Spacing characteristics between vegetation could be a harbinger of degradation of dryland ecosystems: study
Scientists have discovered that the spatial arrangement of plants in arid areas may be a sign of environmental degradation, according ...
