Ecologists have long understood that the diversity of an ecosystem is at the heart of its stability. A groundbreaking discovery in the 1960s took it a step further and changed the way scientists ...

They exist all over the world, are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth and are ... a professor in the Department of Geography at UC Santa Barbara. Call them deltas, sloughs, salt marshes ...

Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark The ecosystem’s success once relied on periodic fires, which would promote germination of pine seeds and reduce invasive plants ...

Students could take a more in-depth look at the dust storms of the 1930's and the damage that can be done when changing an ecosystem. This clip will be relevant for teaching Geography at KS3 and GCSE.

The unparalleled diversity of tropical ecosystems has drawn the attention ... net rates of diversification within a geographic region arise from differential rates of speciation, extinction ...

Though they may not know it, about half a billion people worldwide depend on the ecosystems created and ... that Sala led in 2009 with National Geographic Society. The team traveled to a corner ...

This clip is from the series Ecosystems and Biomes ... This clip will be relevant for teaching Geography at KS3 and GCSE. This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC KS4/GCSE in England ...

The film "Insects" explores the vast diversity and significance of insects in our ecosystem. It highlights their incredible numbers, unique physical characteristics, and various life cycles ...

The National Geographic February 2018 will document the Falkland Islands' diverse ecosystem by wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen. The piece points out that for every permanent resident in the ...