ecosystem
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Zinzindohoué and his colleagues suspected that the site might instead contain a mesophotic coral ecosystem.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
But Jones described a rare ecosystem housing specialist plants, butterflies and insects, "where the UK is the epicentre globally".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The arrival of the Kelvin wave in the coming weeks could exacerbate marine ecosystem impacts already being strained by the ongoing marine heat wave that isn’t related to El Niño, Amaya said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The program began in 2015 and Ledbetter explained it exists both to serve science and educate the public -- but also to rebuild the ecosystem "one coral at a time."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Whenever the Jaaxes were assigned to a different Army post, the animals moved with them in boxes and cages, a portable ecosystem of the Jaax family.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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CT scanning those specimens may give researchers a new way to study feathers, diets, predator relationships, and other details of prehistoric ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
But what makes Borneo's fires particularly worrying is the fact that they are burning through one of the world's largest tropical peatland ecosystems.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
"A disaster originating in one part of the Himalayan region can have consequences far beyond national boundaries, affecting river systems, ecosystems, livelihoods and communities across South Asia."
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
There’s an inventiveness here that comes from the sprawl of the city — artists like myself who are constantly improvising, building their own ecosystems because nothing is handed to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In the case of where herons live, most readers know that the northern United States is contiguous to Canada and that the two have similar ecosystems, so they don’t need a similarly.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Vocabulary lists containing ecosystem
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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