The Forest Ecosystem Science degree is based on a vision that combines professional competency in forest management skills with an enhanced understanding of ecological sciences. Students interested in ...

Tipping points are the death of ecosystems. So scientists watch as warning signs gradually worsen until an ecosystem reaches the point of no return, when animal populations suddenly collapse. While ...

Japan is combining education, culture and technology to encourage reciprocal relationships between coastal communities and ...

Researchers invert a classical approach to modeling food webs. Instead of trying to replicate stable, complex ecosystems using simplistic representations of species interactions, the authors' novel ...

The first ecosystem model that covers the complete food web of the western Baltic Sea predicts how marine life in the region would react to different fisheries scenarios and additional human-induced ...

Colorado Mountain College will hold its annual, free and virtual Sustainability Studies and Ecosystem Science & Stewardship Conference on April 18. The conference, in addition to providing a forum for ...

As a forest ecologist, I study the factors that structure ecosystems, such as landforms and climate, the structure of the ecosystems themselves, especially their vegetation and soils, and the ...

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 ...