ecosystem

Example Sentences

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If social media were a literal ecosystem, it would be about as healthy as Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River in the 1960s—when it was so polluted it repeatedly caught fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

The changing chemical mixtures released by microplastics could affect aquatic ecosystems in multiple ways.

From Science Daily

On Earth, regions shaped by large river systems are some of the richest ecosystems on the planet -- the Amazon River basin alone supports tens of thousands of known species.

From Science Daily

And that barely scratches the surface of how bad things are going to get as our planet cooks and our ecosystem collapses.

From Salon

"Luckily, we have a brilliant ecosystem in the UK which helps those artists reach global success - but it's a tough competitive environment and that's why we need the continued support of the British government."

From BBC