CHICAGO–The earth experienced its biggest mass extinction about 250 million years ago, an event that wiped out an estimated 95% of marine species and 70% of land species. New research shows that this ...

Scientists say the health of a terrestrial ecosystem can be largely determined by three variables: vegetations' ability to uptake carbon, its efficiency in using carbon and its efficiency in using ...

A single disruptive factor rarely appears in isolation. Usually, a number of them, such as climatic extremes, environmental stress or the presence of pests, act together giving rise to complex changes ...

Growing a startup ecosystem can sound daunting — you’ve got to attract talent, streamline regulations, build capacity, ensure sufficient capital — and a quick glance at the Global Startup Ecosystem ...

Any new product venture is a challenging and risky business, and when the new product depends on ecosystem readiness, the risk factors multiply significantly. Here is Investopedia's definition of a ...

Don’t let the lab coat fool you. I enjoy chattering at birds as much as the next cat. Staring out the window and vibrating my mouth to “chirp” helps me relax after a long day. My wild cousins do take ...

A business becomes an ecosystem once everyone wins together. • Provide customers with more value the longer they stay. • Give ...

image: In the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago -- well after the end-Permian mass extinction -- the ocean floor was dominated by complex ecosystems that had largely displaced the simple ...

The effects of disturbances such as flooding or increasing drought on an ecosystem have been difficult to predict in the past. Researchers have demonstrated the complexity with which even simple model ...