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Articles on Ecosystems
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In Australia, people tend to think carnivores lead the clean-up crew after an animal dies. But brushtail possums – thought to be plant-eaters – also eat carcasses.
Freshwater ecosystems in Canada, and around the world, are more fragile than they look and vulnerable to invasive species. Canada’s lakes and rivers require constant vigilance to protect from invasion.
It’s not easy to tell when a dynamic system, filled with life, might reach a point of no return.
Australia’s main environment laws have long been regarded as not fit for purpose. But efforts to strengthen environmental protection have met huge pushback.
New techniques monitor the health of lakes in real time by analyzing their microbiome to anticipate and respond to environmental threats such as cyanobacteria.
Decades-long environmental studies can reveal trends caused by climate change better than projects that last only a year or two.
After wildfires in California and Colorado cities, levels of harmful metals in the water jumped. Nature sent up a red flag.
Our discovery of a tundra ecosystem, frozen under the center of Greenland’s ice sheet, holds a warning about the threat that climate change poses for the future.
From the Arctic to the Himalayas, New Zealand and even Mexico, glaciers worldwide are retreating. But what happens when the ice is gone?
Australia’s ancient Wet Tropics are enormously rich in species. But these tight-knit ecosystems might be at risk from cascading extinctions
Coral reefs share genetic material across wide areas, with help from ocean currents. This ability is especially important during episodes like the mass bleaching currently occurring.
The record-breaking and destructive forest fires of the summer of 2023 made headlines. But how did they affect the millions of lakes in the burned catchment areas?
Earthworms act as ecosystem engineers and over centuries, they have shaped the landscape and changed the soils on the Isle of Rum in Scotland. Here’s how.
Two-thirds of conservation actions studied were found to benefit target ecosystems and species.
Bleached coral draws our attention, but marine heat does damage to many unseen parts of these ecosystems.
With submissions about to close on the government’s proposed fast-track consenting legislation, its possible impact on New Zealand’s diminished and delicate ecosystems demands proper scrutiny.
Intense heat and no rain in southwest Western Australia are causing widespread tree and shrub die-offs.
Kelp forests around the world, and in Canada, are under threat. New research sheds further light on the health, and resilience, of these crucial ecosystems.
In the face of growing social and environmental challenges, organizations in the food and agriculture sector are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration.
Top contributors
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Global Ecology, University of Sydney
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Research fellow, Charles Sturt University
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Professor Emerita, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University
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Associate professor in ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Associate Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Adjunct Associate Professor in Landscape Ecology, University of New England
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Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
