Ants dominate terrestrial ecosystems through living in complex societies whose organization is maintained via sophisticated communication systems.
Associations between terrestrial pollution and health in Western societies are often complex and causal links are hard to establish.
Timely monitoring and prediction of solar-terrestrial processes is increasingly important for our society which depends more and more on advanced technology that relies on continuous power availability, radio wave communication and navigation, and satellite operation.
Aquatic ecosystems play an important role in the global biodiversity that provide a variety of valuable goods and services for human societies [10] and, compared to terrestrial ecosystems, are particularly subject to invasive species [11].
The most threatening problem to society is the change in both terrestrial and aquatic environment caused by the different kinds of stresses (temperature, toxicants/pollutants, etc).
Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society, alongside vital ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems.
Almar presented his latest formula this week at the Royal Society in London as part of a 2-day conference grandly entitled "The detection of extra-terrestrial life and the consequences for science and society".
By contrast, the conceptualization of what actually constitutes a "maritime society" and what distinguishes it from a terrestrial one typically is left unexplored.
Third, the ecological character of river networks varies dramatically across regions and continents, due to variation in climate, geology, and terrestrial vegetation, but increasingly due to regional patterns of alteration by human society.
Examples of well-behaved and comparatively atheistic societies like Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark--which surpass us in terrestrial virtues like education, health, public generosity, per capita aid to the developing world, and low rates of violent crime and infant mortality--are of no interest to our electorate whatsoever.
