Living systems have long been a puzzle to physics, leading some to claim that new laws of
physics are needed to explain them. Separating physical reality into the general (laws) and …

Biologists increasingly report anthropogenic disruptions of both organisms and ecosystems,
suggesting that these processes are a fundamental, qualitative component of the …

With increasing levels of anthropogenic stress, monitoring the state of ecosystems or their
pollution levels is of growing importance. Central to this is an information transfer that results …

From the perspective of landscape, it is important to evaluate the landscape sustainability of
ecologically fragile areas and explore temporal and spatial evolution laws to promote their …

In this paper, we explore the architecture of downward causation on the basis of three
central cases.(1) We set out by answering the question of how top-down causation is …

Walking through a forest, you spot a colorful butterfly larva crawling and munching on a leaf—
nothing unusual, just one scene in a calm ecological play. And yet, a massive “arms race” …

Some dynamics associated with consciousness are shared by other complex macroscopic
living systems. For example, autocatalysis, an active agency in ecosystems, imparts to them …