One of most exciting studies I’ve read this year just popped up in the journal Quaternary and was summarised on Phys.org [1]. Researchers suggest that human brain size has changed …
Why is ocean conservation important? The temperature, chemistry and nutrientA substance that contains the raw materials for life. At a chemical level, these are contained inside compounds that are absorbed …
I’ve been asked, is the ocean more important than land? This really depends on your context (as I discussed in this previous blog “Is the Ocean or Land more Important?“). …
It’s certainly exciting times to be writing on this topic. First off, a big shout out to the /r/ecology /r/nature and /r/megafaunarewilding threads on Reddit. The discussions and content are …
The ABC’s Landline program published an article last week on the rise of Plague Locusts in Australia. This forecast the possibility of the worst plagues since the 1970s. There was …
Climate change is exacerbating the displacement of a single animal species, on a scale our planet has never experienced before. In an interview with Bill Gates on CBS news, Gates …
How many animals are there in the world can be expressed as number of individuals, number of species and biomassThe weight of living organisms. Biomass can be measured in relation …
A study recently published in the journal of Functional Ecology shows us how large fruit-eating animals can be responsible for massively enhancing forest nutrientA substance that contains the raw materials …
