Parasites: The Hidden Architects of Ecosystem Function
Why the organisms we dismiss as pathogens may be essential architects of ecosystem stability and function
The Microbiome Revolution in Ecosystem Science
Invisible communities of bacteria, archaea, and viruses control the carbon and nutrient cycles that regulate planetary climate.
Ecosystem Services Valuation: Promise and Peril
How putting a price on nature shapes conservation policy—and what money still cannot buy.
The Ocean's Biological Pump Under Pressure
Climate change threatens the ocean's ancient carbon conveyor, risking a feedback that could accelerate warming for centuries.
Tracking the Refugees: Climate Migration in the Natural World
How species navigate a warming world through fragmented landscapes and whether we should help them along
Why Biodiversity Insurance Fails When You Need It Most
Ecological insurance through diversity has coverage limits—extreme events that exceed shared species tolerances cause correlated collapse that no amount of richness can buffer.
The Productivity Paradox: Why Richer Ecosystems Are Sometimes Less Productive
Biodiversity's productivity benefits depend entirely on context—understanding when diversity helps, hurts, or shows no effect transforms ecosystem management strategy.
Fire Regimes Under Siege: How Changed Burns Transform Landscapes
Understanding the feedbacks driving fire regime transitions reveals where intervention can prevent irreversible ecosystem transformation
The Invisible Hand: How Keystone Species Control Entire Landscapes
Certain species architect entire landscapes through fear, physical modification, and ecological leverage—their loss unravels ecosystems in ways we're only beginning to comprehend.
Carbon's Hidden Journey: Why Tropical Forests Store More Than Trees
Soil carbon and deadwood double deforestation's climate impact—revealing why conventional accounting dangerously undervalues standing tropical forests
When Invasive Species Become the New Normal
Some invaded ecosystems have crossed irreversible thresholds where non-native species now sustain native biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
Why Ecosystems Collapse in Silence Before They Scream
Understanding why ecosystems mask accumulating stress until catastrophic collapse, and how emerging science might detect approaching thresholds before they're crossed.
The Great Rewiring: How Climate Change Reshuffles Species Interactions
Why species are racing toward climates their ecological partners may never reach, and how networks unravel when evolutionary partnerships end.