The role of biodiversity in healthy ecosystems
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48 playsBiodiversity is an important planetary boundary because, without the living species, we would not have biomass, carbon sequestration, rainfall, or the regulation of the… -
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105 playsOur planet started as an inanimate, iron-rich rock with a hot, radioactive core that cooled over billions of years. Life originated at hydrothermal vents billions of… -
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11 playsThis chapter from our course on terrestrial ecosystem management explores the potential negative effects of extracting forest products. This video is licensed under the… -
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89 playsMarine life adapts to the extreme and unique conditions deep in the ocean. Of the probably more than one million species in the oceans, at least four-fifths are… -
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108 playsThis chapter examines two major factors that lead to changes in local species communities - climate change and the human-driven transportation of marine organisms… -
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11 playsThe Bolsa Floresta Program started in 2007 as a public policy program for the state of Amazonas focused on the reduction of deforestation. It has four components: income… -
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7 playsThis chapter provides an overview of grasslands. They are highly vulnerable to development pressures; in the United States, this is the prairie biome. Prairie soils are…