Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what ...

Ecological stoichiometry examines the balance of key chemical elements—principally carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)—in living organisms and their environments. In terrestrial ecosystems ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...

Pt. 1: Context. The ecosystem concept. Earth's climate system -- Pt. 2: Mechanisms. Terrestrial water and energy balance. Carbon input to terrestrial ecosystems. Terrestrial production processes.

How does an ecosystem distribute its energy across body sizes? A new study suggests the answer depends on where you are—and how much humans have altered the landscape. Analyzing communities of birds ...

Prologue / Mingzhen Zhou -- Divisions of non-marine Mesozoic of China and the paleoclimatic implications based on paleobotanical data / Ge Sun -- PaleoecologiCal implications of the fishes and plants ...

Beneath the icy silence of Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys lies a world so unusual that it often resembles another planet.

How does an ecosystem distribute its energy across body sizes? A new study suggests the answer depends on where you are — and how much humans have altered the landscape. Analysing communities of birds ...