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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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“Any outsider has to run a nearly $4 trillion company and its ecosystem at once,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Incendiary speech has been further boosted by AI-powered slop that’s worsened an ailing information ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

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

He’s calling scrubby pine trees and rocks an ecosystem?

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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

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

Even familiar wildflowers have connections to these ancient ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Throughout the hemisphere ecosystems cracked and heaved like winter ice.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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