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How could climate change or new species affect an ecosystem's stability?
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Climate change could mean warmer temperatures, causing heat stress in the flora or fauna of the ecosytem. It could mean more prolonged droughts, so that some species can not longer survive in the environment. It could alternatively mean more frequent floods, causing destruction of specimens and destabilising the ecosystem. Greater storm activity associated with climate change can also have a deleterious effect on some species, destabilising the ecosystem. Climate change can even favour one species over another and, if they are competitors or prey, create an imbalance that leads to extinction.
Introducing just one new usually has a lesser impact on an ecosystem, although any unforseen effect could result in localised disaster and widespread species extinction. Any loss of plant species could potentially lead to serious erosion and loss of topsoil and even, in the extreme, desertification.
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How does climate change affect the biodiversity of marine ecosystems?
Although throughout Earth's history the climate has always changed with ecosystems and species coming and going, rapid climate change affects ecosystems and species ability to adapt and so biodiversity loss increases. ... Loss of Arctic sea ice threatens biodiversity across an entire biome and beyond.
What do biodiversity crisis mean?
A Biodiversity crisis is the rapid loss of species and the rapid degradation of ecosystems. This threat is greater than global climate change and the impact will affect the prosperity of humankind.
Why does climate affect biodiversity?
If the climate is nice more species will come into an area
Explain how changes in the climate can affect species?
It is the temperature
How would the introduction of a predator species affect the stability of an ecosystem?
The introduction of a new predator can have the species eaten with no time to evolve to defend against it
How does climate change affect the biodiversity of marine ecosystems?
Although throughout Earth's history the climate has always changed with ecosystems and species coming and going, rapid climate change affects ecosystems and species ability to adapt and so biodiversity loss increases. ... Loss of Arctic sea ice threatens biodiversity across an entire biome and beyond.
What do biodiversity crisis mean?
A Biodiversity crisis is the rapid loss of species and the rapid degradation of ecosystems. This threat is greater than global climate change and the impact will affect the prosperity of humankind.
How would the removal of keystone species affect an ecosystems biodiversity?
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How can changes in the climate affect species?
It is the temperature
How could climate change affect the ecosystems of the island nation of Samoa?
Climate change could affect the ecosystems of the island nation of Samoa by flooding lowlands with a rising sea level. Much of Samoa is only a few feet above sea level.
How does acid rain affect the ecosystems?
By decreasing pH levels in lakes and species habitat.
Why does climate affect biodiversity?
If the climate is nice more species will come into an area
Explain how changes in the climate can affect species?
It is the temperature
Does the national park system affect natural ecosystems?
The NPS attempts to preserve natural ecosystems and interspecies relationships. The NPS attempts to control or eliminate non-native species when they threaten native species.
How did climate affect people and ecosystems in Greenland during the little ice age?
they wore many more clothes
How does climate affect people's activities and behavior?
Ecosystems in that area COULD die out. With that if they had a food source in that ecosystem they would loose it which means that they would have to import it.
Why do ecologists study the biosphere?
Population ecologists study the size, density, and structure of populations and how they change over time. ... Ecologists working at the biosphere level may study global patterns—for example, climate or species distribution—interactions among ecosystems, and phenomena that affect the entire globe, such as climate change.
