How animals evolve to graze selectively between patches, to promote greater plant growth between grazing periods. The ability to cultivate-graze is partly driven by an animals’ parentage, through genetic fitness …
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In complete darkness at over 2,000m deep, a Cuvier’s Beaked WhaleIn complete darkness at over 2,000m deep, a Cuvier’s Beaked Whale digs in soft sediment using high-frequency echolocation to find …
An early form of life that still exist today and are super-abundant in our oceans. They are similar to bacteria and are not algae but are capable of photosynthesisMeaning how …
The result of an action that creates a sudden change in the stability of an ecosystem or process. This tends to create a gap where there is free surplus energyThe …
A warm water current that runs south down the east coast of Australia, starting in the Coral Sea before turning east and heading towards New Zealand. The south extent can …
An international expert panel was assembled last November to define Ecocide and they have drawn up draft law. If successful, it could become the fifth crime against peace, next to …
The chains and cycles by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Processes can include the amplificationAmplification (of nutrients and energy). Animals consume plants and other animals and in doing so, …
The power of an ecosystem to process energy. The most productive ecosystems have reached a steady stable-state(of an ecosystem) where free surplus energy is minimised, where there is maximum entropy …
El Niño and its effect on marine animals is in how it changes surface water and pushes the mixed layer deeper. The warm phase of an ocean cycle (opposite of …
Energy and nutrients are the same thing. Plants capture energy from the Sun and store it in chemicals, via the process of photosynthesis. The excess greenery and waste that plants …