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Ecosystem
An ecosystem refers to all living and nonliving features of a particular physical location. This includes living organisms as well as non living things, like weather, that interact with one another.
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DEC 06, 2021Technology
Oil spills at sea can be a devastating consequence of offshore drilling for fossil fuels. They can affect local plants a ...Written By: Ryan VingumDEC 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
A brand new species of duckbill dinosaur was just discovered in MissouriWritten By: Timothy JamesDEC 03, 2021Earth & The Environment
Folks have different opinions about what constitutes a healthy diet, and what constitutes an environmentally friendly di ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 29, 2021Plants & Animals
Extinction events have been common in Earth’s history. Over the last 450 million years, for example, there have be ...Written By: Ryan VingumNOV 24, 2021Earth & The Environment
Climate change is causing a rapid decline in the ice surrounding the South Pole, and new research highlights that this m ...Written By: Matthew LundyNOV 13, 2021Earth & The Environment
River ecosystems receive many inputs from human activities upstream. Rivers bring these inputs out to the ocean, where t ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 10, 2021Chemistry & Physics
By now, we all know that plastic waste is a huge problem. More than 350,000,000 tons of plastic waste are generated annu ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
Demand for water has increased nearly eight fold over the past 100 years. Irrigation for agriculture is by far the most ...Written By: Samantha LottOCT 27, 2021Plants & Animals
Climate change is affecting our world in a range of ways. One key effect of climate change—rising temperatures&mda ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
Water quality changes all over the globe as humans change land use and develop communities near water. The increase in t ...Written By: Samantha LottOCT 18, 2021Plants & Animals
Two new, unrelated studies have examined how very different environmental disasters affected wildlife in the areas where ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2021Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms. Luckily, most pose no threat to us. But some harmless bacteria have the potential t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2021Plants & Animals
In recent years, the number of insects in a given ecosystem (biomass) and the number of insect species (biodiversity) ha ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 08, 2021Earth & The Environment
Incredible new evidence pushed back Asia's earliest contact with homininsWritten By: Timothy JamesOCT 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Reporting in Nature Communications, scientists have suggested that every living snake on earth evolved from just a handf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
With recent news of the world's coral supply standing at just 50% of what it was in the 1950s, any strategies for protec ...Written By: Matthew LundySEP 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are a relatively new technology for the general public at an affordable cost ...Written By: Samantha LottSEP 24, 2021Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in One Earth on Sep. 17 paints a poor picture for the state of the world’s coral reefs. L ...Written By: Matthew LundySEP 23, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Our skin is home to a carnival of millions of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that together form the dermal microbio ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 21, 2021Plants & Animals
What is a “blue” food? Hint: it doesn’t mean foods that are blue in color. “Blue” fo ...Written By: Ryan VingumSEP 20, 2021Plants & Animals
While it may seem counterintuitive, fish can suffocate in the water. They rely on the oxygen (specifically, dissolved ox ...Written By: Ryan VingumSEP 14, 2021Earth & The Environment
Last year, 2020, was the deadliest year for conservation activists. According to Global Witness, 227 environmental ...Written By: Samantha LottSEP 14, 2021Immunology
A closer look at the brains of patients with aggressive, debilitating forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals so ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 09, 2021Plants & Animals
According to new research published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, hummingbirds use an ill-understood sense of ...Written By: Ryan Vingum
DEC 06, 2021
Technology
Oil spills at sea can be a devastating consequence of offshore drilling for fossil fuels. They can affect local plants a
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A brand new species of duckbill dinosaur was just discovered in Missouri
Written By:
Timothy James
DEC 03, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Folks have different opinions about what constitutes a healthy diet, and what constitutes an environmentally friendly di
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 29, 2021
Plants & Animals
Extinction events have been common in Earth’s history. Over the last 450 million years, for example, there have be
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 24, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is causing a rapid decline in the ice surrounding the South Pole, and new research highlights that this m
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
NOV 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
River ecosystems receive many inputs from human activities upstream. Rivers bring these inputs out to the ocean, where t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 10, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
By now, we all know that plastic waste is a huge problem. More than 350,000,000 tons of plastic waste are generated annu
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Demand for water has increased nearly eight fold over the past 100 years. Irrigation for agriculture is by far the most
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
OCT 27, 2021
Plants & Animals
Climate change is affecting our world in a range of ways. One key effect of climate change—rising temperatures&mda
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Water quality changes all over the globe as humans change land use and develop communities near water. The increase in t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
OCT 18, 2021
Plants & Animals
Two new, unrelated studies have examined how very different environmental disasters affected wildlife in the areas where
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2021
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms. Luckily, most pose no threat to us. But some harmless bacteria have the potential t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2021
Plants & Animals
In recent years, the number of insects in a given ecosystem (biomass) and the number of insect species (biodiversity) ha
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 08, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Incredible new evidence pushed back Asia's earliest contact with hominins
Written By:
Timothy James
OCT 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Reporting in Nature Communications, scientists have suggested that every living snake on earth evolved from just a handf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
With recent news of the world's coral supply standing at just 50% of what it was in the 1950s, any strategies for protec
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
SEP 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are a relatively new technology for the general public at an affordable cost
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
SEP 24, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in One Earth on Sep. 17 paints a poor picture for the state of the world’s coral reefs. L
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
SEP 23, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Our skin is home to a carnival of millions of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that together form the dermal microbio
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 21, 2021
Plants & Animals
What is a “blue” food? Hint: it doesn’t mean foods that are blue in color. “Blue” fo
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 20, 2021
Plants & Animals
While it may seem counterintuitive, fish can suffocate in the water. They rely on the oxygen (specifically, dissolved ox
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 14, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Last year, 2020, was the deadliest year for conservation activists. According to Global Witness, 227 environmental
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
SEP 14, 2021
Immunology
A closer look at the brains of patients with aggressive, debilitating forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals so
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
According to new research published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, hummingbirds use an ill-understood sense of
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum