ecosystems
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These findings provide the first evidence of marine subsidization in prehistoric ecosystems, indicating that nutrients originating in the ocean were entering food chains on land millions of years ago.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Mitigation work like protecting existing woodlands and restoring carbon-rich peat soils would help safeguard upland ecosystems but also support downstream communities by "improving water quality and reducing flooding", it said.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Together, these different sources of evidence allowed the researchers to reconstruct not only what types of vegetation existed, but also how ecosystems changed over time and how animals influenced their surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
While uncontrolled outbreaks can devastate coral reefs, smaller populations may help maintain the diversity that makes these ecosystems so valuable.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
For more than ten thousand years, most North American ecosystems have been dominated by fire.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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