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Who famously said, "There is nothing static about an ecosystem; something is always happening"?

ecosystem

[ee-koh-sis-tuhm, ek-oh-] / ˈi koʊˌsɪs təm, ˈɛk oʊ- /
NOUN
environment
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This sponsorship within the AI ecosystem is one of the reasons “why we have this AI trade,” Lee noted.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

The former Nvidia chief advocated for an ecosystem that includes so-called open models, which users can download and customize to varying degrees.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

The i Paper says there is now a succession battle under way at Nvidia, and that Huang's departure "could disrupt an AI ecosystem that he helped to shape".

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

A new leader also must understand the ecosystem of customers and partners that has evolved around Nvidia, and continue to provide the leadership that animated it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

When viruses come out of an ecosystem, they tend to spread in waves through the human population, like echoes from the dying biosphere.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Such broad distributions are not particularly unusual in tropical ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 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

This loss of grazing pressure has changed how vegetation develops across much of the continent, helping explain why present-day European ecosystems differ so dramatically from those of the distant past.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

According to this hypothesis, ecosystems can benefit from occasional, moderate disturbances that prevent any single species from becoming too dominant.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Combining the fruits of many ecosystems, Andean cultures both enjoyed a better life than they could have wrested from any single place and spread out the risk from the area’s frequent natural catastrophes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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