The low-latitude highlands region of southwestern China experienced two major climate events in recent years: a severe ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Mental models are ways of thinking about or explaining how something works. When you shift a ...

A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research direction in ecology. The issue, funded by the National ...

Grass, clover and herbs are the foundation of Swiss agriculture: Two-thirds of Switzerland's agricultural land is grassland, much of which is barely suitable for arable farming. Vast areas of ...

From the driest deserts to the lushest forests, ecosystems are networks of life where organisms and the environment interact. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how plants function ...

Diverse pain points (both small and large) remain within the ever-changing blockchain space while new ones appear every day. Generally, these pain points happen when different systems on different ...

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 ...