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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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Woolley said social media companies are the "wild card" in the influencer ecosystem.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

Witteck had no idea he’d been swept into that ecosystem when he started digging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The savings will be achieved by “unifying our enterprise tech stack, streaming ecosystem and broadcast architecture, merging parallel technology functions, leveraging AI coding tools and integrating platforms and systems.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

More than 11 million people are said to play Fantasy Premier League, which has become an increasingly prominent part of the wider football ecosystem.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

It was the most important transformation of the Australian ecosystem for millions of years.

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

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

Although forests can provide important environmental benefits, the researchers argue that planting large areas of uniformly dense woodland may not be the best approach when the goal is to restore Europe's native ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

The findings add to a growing body of research from the same scientific group suggesting that large animals played a far greater role in shaping Europe's ecosystems than previously recognized.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

“Thus, ecosystems dominated by nonnative plants are characterized by reduced insect diversity, abundance, and biomass,” Tallamy and two co-authors wrote in a 2018 study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

My cells are no longer the pure line entities I was raised with; they are ecosystems more complex than Jamaica Bay.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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