food web

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Using this information, the team reconstructed the Jurassic food web in greater detail than previously achieved for dinosaurs.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

Microplastics, along with ultra-tiny nanoplastics, can kill or severely sicken marine life before entering the food web and ultimately ending up on our plates.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

"What kinds of organic compounds might they be leaking out of their cells that could be feeding the rest of the food web with?"

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

"The other thing we're trying to figure out is once these organisms fix the carbon into their cells, how does it become available to the rest of the food web?" she noted.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

As the ice retreats, it creates conditions that encourage the growth of algae, the foundation of the Arctic's marine food web.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025