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 ...
In contrast, daily estimates of ET showed good data-model agreement even during drought conditions. This meta-analysis brings attention to the importance of drought conditions for modeling purposes in ...
1. The Littoral Ecosystem Risk Assessment Model (LERAM) is described and evaluated using field data from a littoral enclosure study of the effects of the insecticide chlorpyrifos. LERAM is a ...
Biological communities are rarely stable. Their composition is constantly changing, depending on the environmental conditions ...
A new study in Nature Climate Change by a science team including researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego used next-generation climate models to ...
Europe’s startup scene has entered troubled waters. Long overshadowed by Silicon Valley and now being chased down by China, the continent is urgently looking for boosts. Increasingly, the search is ...
Tipping points are the death of ecosystems. So scientists watch as warning signs gradually worsen until an ecosystem reaches the point of no return, when animal populations suddenly collapse. While ...