Ecology
Ecology examines ecological functions and how biodiversity affects an ecosystem. Get answers to your questions about ecology in this section.
Ecology examines ecological functions and how biodiversity affects an ecosystem. Get answers to your questions about ecology in this section. Less
Can climate change be stopped?
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TRANSCRIPT: Most of the climate change problem is an energy problem. The dominant cause of climate...
Hal Harvey
Founder and CEO, ClimateWorks Foundation; Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center
and 6 others
What issues plague the environment?
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TRANSCRIPT: Well, there are a billion people, say, more or less, in the world who probably...
Jeffrey Koseff
Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
and 2 others
What is the study of ecology?
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Ecology, a term coined by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1869, studies the environment's...
Science Channel
Site Director, Curiosity.com
What is applied ecology?
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Applied ecology is the study of how theories about ecology can be applied practically to areas such...
Science Channel
Site Director, Curiosity.com
How much garbage does a person add to a landfill?
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In 2005, Americans produced 60 percent more trash than they did in 1985. And today, one person adds...
Planet Green
Site Director, Curiosity.com
