In the wake of a major storm, like the one that battered the Connecticut shoreline in 2012, community resilience could depend on communication.
Report Emphasizes Importance of Communication in Climate Change Resilience
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Can Trees Control Algal Blooms? You’d Be Surprised
Griffith University researchers have shown that leaf litter can play an important role in controlling algal blooms.
Caterpillar Loss in Tropical Forest Linked to Extreme Rain, Temperature Events
Using a 22-year dataset of plant-caterpillar-parasitoid interactions collected within a patch of protected Costa Rican lowland Caribbean forest, scientists report declines in caterpillar and parasitoid diversity and density that are paralleled by losses in an important ecosystem service: biocontrol of herbivores by parasitoids.
Etosha Pan Refills
For much of the year, the salt pan is bone dry. But when the wet season brings abundant rains, the large, shallow basin becomes a temporary oasis.
Rising Global Temperatures Turn Northern Permafrost Region into Significant Carbon Source
Permafrost, the perennially frozen subsoil in Earth’s northernmost regions, has been collecting and storing plant and animal matter since long before the last Ice Age.
NASA Determines Australian Meteor Crater is the Oldest Known
Crater is 200 million years older than the previously oldest known crater.
