Ecosystems
Articles on ecosystems
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- Ecosystems
Predators as climate helpers
In lakes and streams, fish and insects can help protect aquatic plants that gobble up greenhouse gas.
By Janet Raloff - Oceans
Icy inns at Earth’s end
Intrepid researchers discover icebergs host large and lively communities of life.
- Animals
Python-palooza!
Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades.
By Janet Raloff - Animals
Tiny earthworms’ big impact
Invasive earthworms change North American landscapes, for better or worse.
- Oceans
Life beneath the ‘berg
Scientists find Antarctic icebergs play a new and bigger role in the climate cycle.
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- Animals
Giving sharks safe homes
Scientists help to understand and protect sharks and coral reefs.
By Mark Schrope - Animals
Sponges’ secret weapon
An aquatic animal provides a possible new kind of disease resistance.
- Environment
Getting the dirt on carbon
The circle of life continues thanks to the carbon cycle.
By Susan Gaidos - Ecosystems
When fungi and algae marry
Lichens live in nearly every environment on Earth, but scientists are still discovering basic information about them.
By Emily Sohn - Ecosystems
Underwater jungles
Cold-water-loving kelp forests may be surprisingly abundant in the tropics.
By Emily Sohn