Ecosystem productivity shapes how soil microbes store or release carbon, challenging old assumptions

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...
University of Wyoming

Aquatic Ecosystem Production in Jackson Lake

This two-part blog post is adapted from a presentation held in December 2024. Presenters and authors: Sean Bertalot, student with Sarah Collins studying limnology and ecosystem ecology in Jackson Lake ...
EurekAlert!

New global database opens the door for better understanding of terrestrial ecosystem productivity

With CMCC’s contribution a new study and database provides scientists with an unprecedented resource for understanding how Earth's land systems store carbon and produce biomass, establishing a ...
Journalism in the Americas

Extreme, Prolonged Drought Slashes Productivity of Grasslands, Shrublands

Research published in the journal Science on water-deprived plants involved Texas Field Station Network experts. Rain-out shelters at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center help researchers simulate ...
Beyond Pesticides

Bat Conservation Enhances Ecosystems and Agricultural Productivity, Natural Alternative to Pesticides

(Beyond Pesticides, January 2, 2026) Texas-based pecan orchard Swift River Pecans is collaborating with local conservation nonprofit Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation “so they could collect more ...
insider.si.edu

The roles of productivity and ecosystem size in determining food chain length in tropical terrestrial ecosystems

http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/12-0729.1,http://www.esajournals.org/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1890/12-0729.1 ...