Ecosystem Engineer News Today

According to new research from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), more than 90 percent of the world's salt marshes are likely to be underwater by the end of the century.

One of the most comprehensive studies conducted on beavers has conclusively demonstrated that beavers are essential for freshwater conservation and ecosystem stability by creating and preserving aquatic and wetland environments in Minnesota.

Should we care? but the giant kangaroo rat is the amazing ecosystem engineer. its bringing out the rich soils from deep in the earth, pulling them up to the surface. by doing can change the ecosystem. its also benefitting the ranching community by increasing the i diddiverseity of plants. >> reece, in terms of pieces of the food chain, right. were at the top of it right. we rarely concern ourselves with what happens to smelt or the kangaroo rat but the ripple effects are pretty profound arent th...