Ecology explains how organisms interact with each other and their environment. Topics include biotic and abiotic factors, food chains, food webs and the pyramid of energy, population ecology and carrying capacity, biodiversity and diversity indices, biomes, coral reefs, habitat loss, pollution, climate change impacts and conservation techniques, with real field examples and links to the research behind them.
The main types of pollution explained, their causes and effects on people and wildlife, and which type causes the most deaths according to the Lancet Commission.
Types of Pollution: Air, Water, Soil, Noise, Light and Thermal Read More »
Population ecology explained: exponential and logistic growth, carrying capacity, density dependence and stochasticity, with a fit to real yeast data and an extinction simulation.
Population Ecology: Growth, Carrying Capacity and Stochasticity Read More »
The 8 major types of biomes explained with climate data, plus a case study on which biomes are disappearing fastest.
Types of Biomes: The 8 Major Biomes of the World Explained Read More »
Harnessing nature’s power, phytoremediation techniques offer innovative solutions for cleaning polluted environments, but which method works best for…
From Arctic foxes to deep-sea dwellers, animal adaptations showcase nature’s ingenuity in survival—but which creature’s ability will astound you most?
Nature’s complexity distilled into a single number, the Animal Diversity Index reveals ecosystem health, but what secrets does it hide
Shedding light on why animals act as they do, animal behavior theories offer diverse perspectives that will leave you
Wildlife conservation techniques offer hope for endangered species, but which methods truly make a difference? Discover the surprising answers.
Although a large number of factors can make a species vulnerable to extinction, conservation biologists have observed that the species most vulnerable to extinction belong to one of six main groups: • Species with small populations: some species have very small populations, consisting of a few individuals. These small populations are highly vulnerable to random
The causes and effects of water pollution, from sewage and fertilizer runoff to oil spills and toxic algal blooms, with ten years of Gulf of Mexico dead zone data.
Water Pollution: Causes, Effects, Oil Spills and Toxic Algal Blooms Read More »
