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A Thermodynamic Answer to Why Birds Migrate

By Jordana Cepelewicz
May 7, 2018
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New modeling studies suggest that birds migrate to strike a favorable balance between their input and output of energy.

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A Timely Fix for a Grand Theory of Nature

By Veronique Greenwood
March 11, 2016
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A disarmingly simple model of ecology does everything well — except predict how rapidly nature can change. Can it become more realistic while still avoiding all of biology’s messy complexities?

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The Thermodynamic Theory of Ecology

By Veronique Greenwood
September 3, 2014
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Nature’s large-scale patterns emerge from incomplete surveys that borrow ideas from information theory.

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