Pt. 1: Context. The ecosystem concept. Earth's climate system -- Pt. 2: Mechanisms. Terrestrial water and energy balance. Carbon input to terrestrial ecosystems. Terrestrial production processes.

The Rhynie chert, renowned for its exceptional preservation, offers an unparalleled window into early terrestrial ecosystems dating back to the Early Devonian period, over 400 million years ago. The ...

Wild animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world. Many also act as natural landscape engineers, reshaping Earth's ...

Dr Ossénatou Mamadou explores the significance of the atmospheric boundary layer in relation to climate change ...

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The water-to-land transition stands as one of the most significant events in vertebrate evolution, giving rise to the two ...

Plant species can fulfill different functions within an ecosystem, even if they are closely related to each other. This surprising conclusion was reached by a global analysis of around 1.7 million ...

The left graph illustrates the temporal variations in CH₄ and N₂O emissions from China's natural terrestrial ecosystems over the past four decades. The net GWP remains relatively stable, driven by ...

A group of researchers supported by FAPESP has confirmed the identity of the first lichens to inhabit Earth, Spongiophyton, around 410 million years ago, in great detail for the first time. Lichens ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...