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Canopy in the Clouds development team analyzes its social outreach
A guest post by Greg Goldsmith, a tropical plant ecologist and part of the multitalented Read more
A Japanese seaweed gains a holds on a mudflat in Charleston Harbor, S.C., by clinging to tube-building decorator worms (Diopatra cuprea) rooted firmly in the mud. The invasive Gracilaria vermiculophylla seaweed provides shelter for a small native crustacean. Credit, Erik Sorka.
Invasive seaweed shelters tiny native critters on Georgia mudflats
On the tidal mudflats of Georgia and South Carolina, the red Japanese seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla Read more
The tall, mature trees of a late-succession forest (right) stand next to the young regrowth of a clear-cut forest in central Pennsylvania. The deeper volume of organic matter on the floor of a mature forest can capture more of the nutrient nitrogen when it enters the forest than the clear-cut can. Credit, David Lewis.
Old forests store new nitrogen--and may soak up nutrient excesses
Ecologists working in central Pennsylvania forests have found that forest top soils capture and stabilize Read more
ESA Policy News October 22: White House focuses on climate resiliency, NSF accepting Ebola research proposals, enviros sue to protect...
Here are some highlights from the latest ESA Policy News by Policy Analyst Terence Houston. Read more
The role of ecology in natural resource management decision-making
Science has an important role to play in helping to inform policy decisions that affect Read more
Without grasses to anchor the dunes in place, their sand grains blow in the wind. Credit: Paolo D'Odorico
Water rises, cattle graze, dunes walk on the Kalahari
There is water under the dry sands of the Kalahari. Perversely, this gift has lead Read more