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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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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

Huang fueled his company and the AI ecosystem with advanced chips and creative financing deals across the supply chain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Nvidia remains an “exceptionally well-run organization with extraordinary engineering depth” and a robust ecosystem, Lior Prosor, managing partner at venture firm Deep33, said in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Nvidia’s GPUs and software ecosystem underpin much of the AI industry, which makes the company hard to replace, Colello said, even as the largest tech companies try to reduce their reliance on it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

In contrast, humankind ascended to the top so quickly that the ecosystem was not given time to adjust.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Although the findings provide strong evidence that marine resources supported the coastal ecosystems examined, important questions remain.

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

Paleoecology is the study of ancient ecosystems using clues preserved in fossils, sediments, and other natural records.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 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

The aids virus and other emerging viruses are surviving the wreck of the tropical biosphere because they can mutate faster than any changes taking place in their ecosystems.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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