What is an Ecosystem?

An ecosystem is the sum of all living organisms within a certain area. It is one part of what makes up a biome, and can be split into smaller pieces.

Biodiversity

Biodiversity means how many different species are in a selected area. There can be high biodiversities and low biodiversities, depending on the location.

Food Chains & Webs

Food chains are a single chain from the producers to the apex predator. Food webs are chains that overlap each other.

Environmental Sampling

If we need to find out a rough estimate of what lives in an area, we can sample the area to count how much of something lives somewhere.

Classification

Classification is how we organise every living organism. It includes everything from the species name, to the domain they are classified in.

Binomial Nomenclature

A part of classification, this is the last two parts of the name we use (usually from Latin language) to identify a genus and species.

Trophic Levels

When we organise a food web with apex predator, we use a trophic level to show how much energy they need or use.

Evolution & Extinction

Find out about how animals evolve and why some animals have become extinct.

Genetic Variation

We are all different, and so are animals, birds and insects. But why? This is due to variation, which is how we all look different to each other, but also have some similarities.

Animal Adaptation

Animals adapt for various reasons; it could be because of a change in the environment, or just behavioural due to changes in the local habitat.

Extremophiles

Extremophiles live in environments that are mostly inhospitable for other animals. This can include places with extreme heat, cold or moisture.

Animal Competition

Animals compete. It can be for food, territory, or sometimes just because they don't like their neighours.

Fossils & their Records

Fossils are what remains of a bone structure, replaced with minerals and stone. Their records show us behaviour and places that dinosaurs lived in.

Water Cycle

Find out how the water cycle works, and why it is important for us to survive, and also where water goes if there's too much.

Carbon Cycle

The carbon cycle is tied in with what pollution (in form of carbon dioxide) we create, and how this is processed by plants, and more.

Carbon Footprint

How much carbon do you use daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly? You can find out what it is and what can be done to reduce it.

Carbon Sinks

A carbon sink is a place where carbon can go to be removed from the atmosphere. There are natural ways of doing this, as well as man-made methods.

Peat Bog & Decay

A peat bog is a moist, humid area of land that can keep things from decaying a lot longer than if they were out in the air.

Deforestation

Deforestation happens all over the world, and it is the result of using the land for other purpose, as well as for making paper and wood for construction.

Farming Techniques

Learn about different techniques used when farming, and how they can benefit us by doing certain methods.

Food Security

How having enough food to feed everyone constantly is a major worry for government officials, and here is how you can find out about what we do to maintain security.

Sustainability

What we can do to be more sustainable in our every day lives, and what larger companies are doing to help us along the way.

Waste Management

What companies are doing to maintain the amount of waste we produce, and what new technologies are coming through to make it more effective.

Recycling

Recycling is a way to reduce the amount of waste we produce, by reusing items or using recyclable materials.

Global Warming

How global warming is affecting our planet, and steps we can take to change that effect.

Pollution

What pollution is, and how it can affect things like global warming and climate change.

Charles Darwin

Discovering the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin set out during the 1800s on an expedition that when returned fell out of favour with other scientists. However, his theories became the building blocks for classification and binomial nomenclature legend.

Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish naturist that decided it was right to name everything. Every living organism found since he created the rules of binomial nomenclature has been named in the same fashion.

Alfred Russel Wallace

At around the same time as Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace also visited the Galapagos islands, and created a line that depicted this.