Ecosystem productivity shapes how soil microbes store or release carbon, challenging old assumptions

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...
Live Science

'We didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic iceberg

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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A data-driven model to help avoid ecosystem collapse

Sea urchins climb onto kelp when their densities are so high they remove all drift kelp and then actively forage on attached, living kelp. (Credit: Steve Lonhart / NOAA MBNMS) Tipping points are the ...
Quanta Magazine

The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion

For decades, ecologists have puzzled over a mystery: Why do some natural habitats get overrun by invasive species while others seem to repel outside threats? In a classic 1958 book on the subject, the ...
Forbes

Data Ecosystems: How Information Sharing Improves Businesses

Every successful innovation exists within an ecosystem. It’s a condition of success. Most ecosystems have been digitized in the past decade, but too few organizations have taken advantage of the data ...