The presence of microplastics in marine environments disrupts carbon cycles and contributes to climate change, affecting ecosystems and greenhouse gas dynamics.

Traditional biodiversity monitoring methods, such as direct observations and morphological classifications, often fall short ...

a natural ecosystem by restoring natural processes and the complete or near complete food web at all trophic levels as a self-sustaining and resilient ecosystem with biota [species] that would ...

Glaucoma is a complex and multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder primarily characterized by the progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and their axons, leading to irreversible visual ...

It's a question out of fantasy fiction: can trees talk to each other? But by monitoring VOCs, forest ecologists have learned ...

The complex interplay between nitrogen and organic carbon cycling ... It was found that Spartina alterniflora invasion in Beihai coastal wetlands increased soil organic carbon levels, prompting ...

A new study reveals the profound ecological effects of wolves and other large carnivores in Yellowstone National Park, ...

Trophic levels are the layers or ranks within a food chain that describe the roles organisms play in an ecosystem based on their source of energy and nutrients. Essentially, they help define who ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of a soupfin shark in the Salish Sea, an area where they were not previously thought ...

Classically, trophic factors are considered as proteins which support ... brown). GDNF binds to RET/GRFα1 complex in the UB tip (T, olive green), initiating downstream cascades such as the MAPK and ...

"This work represents a huge step in extending our ability to better understand diets and trophic level of all animals back into the scale of millions of years. The research provides clear ...