In drought and heavy rains, ecosystems function like information communication networks
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 11:30
in Earth & Climate
How is a telecommunications network like an ecosystem? Tree canopies and the running streams below, or coral reefs and the ocean waters that flow around them, are interconnected components of a larger whole: an ecosystem. These ecosystem parts are in communication with one another, scientists have learned, via signals transmitted among earth, air and water.