Long before dinosaurs ruled the continents and modern crocodiles first appeared, their ancestors were already going through a ...

Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what ...

Ecological stoichiometry examines the balance of key chemical elements—principally carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)—in living organisms and their environments. In terrestrial ecosystems ...

Aquatic‐terrestrial linkages encompass the bidirectional exchange of energy, nutrients and organisms between freshwater and adjacent terrestrial habitats. Emerging aquatic insects, drifted organic ...

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.

How does an ecosystem distribute its energy across body sizes? A new study suggests the answer depends on where you are—and how much humans have altered the landscape. Analyzing communities of birds ...

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 ...

Beneath the icy silence of Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys lies a world so unusual that it often resembles another planet.