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Rob Conley is a staff writer at Biology Insights with a focus on environmental science. Based in Hoboken, New Jersey, he previously taught science at a local public high school, where he organized schoolyard ecology projects and local stream water sampling. He still teaches a weekly science lab for high school students. Conley uses his classroom teaching background to report on freshwater ecosystems and local conservation issues.

Predator-Prey Dynamics in an Ecosystem
What Is Ecosystem Resilience and Why Does It Matter?
What Is Bioaccumulation and How Does It Affect Ecosystems?
Boreal Forest Decomposers and Their Ecosystem Role
The Role of Urban Shade in Cooling Modern Cities
Forest Recovery: How It Works and Why It Matters
What Plants Dominate the Tundra and Why?
Is the Great Green Wall Working? A Look at Its Progress
What Is Plant Litter and Its Ecological Importance?
How Pollution in Coral Reefs Impacts the Ecosystem
The Importance and Function of a Moss Ecosystem
What Is Green Carbon and Why Is It Important?
What Is the Plastisphere and Why Does It Matter?
The Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill: What Happened and Its Legacy
What Trophic Level Are Humans in the Global Food Web?
Boom and Bust Cycle Examples in Finance and Nature
What Are Edge Effects in Ecology and Why Do They Matter?
Chemical Pollution: Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation
Forestation: The Science of Creating New Forests
What Are Biogeochemical Cycles and Why Are They Important?
What Is Gross Primary Productivity in Ecology?
Are Boundaries Between Biomes Distinct or Gradual?
Ecological Disturbances: Causes, Responses, and Their Role
The Phosphorus Cycle: Stages, Importance, and Human Impact
The Human Impact on Grassland Ecosystems
Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Ecology: What’s the Difference?
How the Nitrogen Cycle in the Tundra Works
What Are the Negative Human Impacts on Soil?
How Silent Spring’s Impact Changed the World
What Is Biocapacity and Why Is It So Important?