What is ecology?The big questionsWhat do ecologists do?Why is ecology important?Chapter 1: The basicsHow is life organized? How does life adapt to its environment, survive and thrive?Chapter 2: Ecosystems explainedFind out how every part of an ecosystem works together to keep things balanced. What does it mean to be resilient? How do feedback loops work? And why is biodiversty so important?Chapter 3: What's going wrong?Ecosystems are constantly changing, but in the last two centuries these changes have accelerated for one main reason - people. Ecologists investigate what's happening and why.Chapter 4: A fight worth havingEcologists have LOTS of ideas about how to help restore ecosystems. Many of the solutions are in the hands of governments and big businesses. Getting them to make changes won't be easy, but it's a fight worth having.Chapter 5: Being an ecologistAs well as being a science, ecology is also a way of seeing the world. Find out how you can be an ecologist and live in an ecologically-minded way.GlossaryIndexAcknowledgements