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- noun Plural form of
ecosystem .
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Currently, there is no single source of authoritative, credible and useful information that will allow society to span such important topics as the physical aspects of sea level rise, temperature and precipitation, the resource implications of failed crops, anticipating adverse human health outcomes, robust water supply, managing changes in ecosystems, or the social implications of migrations and resource competitions.
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They point out the inevitability of change and the positive roles that non-natives can play in ecosystems, while describing eradication projects as often wasteful and even counterproductive.
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The crowd of several hundred mostly youthful ralliers carried signs like "Blowing Up Mountains for Coal Poisons People" and "Mountain ecosystems won't grow back."
James Hansen Arrested With 100 Others At Mountaintop Removal Mining Protest In DC (PHOTOS) AP/Huffington Post 2010
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They point out the inevitability of change and the positive roles that non-natives can play in ecosystems, while describing eradication projects as often wasteful and even counterproductive.
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Unfortunately the cost to repair the damage hydrofracking will cause to our ecosystems is not included in the price of the gas.
Steven Cohen: Finding our Fossil Fuel Fix: Hydrofracking, Deepwater Drilling and Mountain Top Removal Steven Cohen 2010
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The crowd of mostly youthful ralliers carried signs like "Blowing Up Mountains for Coal Poisons People" and "Mountain ecosystems won't grow back."
James Hansen Arrested With 100 Others At Mountaintop Removal Mining Protest In DC (PHOTOS) AP/Huffington Post 2010
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The crowd of several hundred mostly youthful ralliers carried signs like "Blowing Up Mountains for Coal Poisons People" and "Mountain ecosystems won't grow back."
James Hansen Arrested With 100 Others At Mountaintop Removal Mining Protest In DC (PHOTOS) AP/Huffington Post 2010
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The crowd of mostly youthful ralliers carried signs like "Blowing Up Mountains for Coal Poisons People" and "Mountain ecosystems won't grow back."
James Hansen Arrested With 100 Others At Mountaintop Removal Mining Protest In DC (PHOTOS) AP/Huffington Post 2010
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Unfortunately the cost to repair the damage hydrofracking will cause to our ecosystems is not included in the price of the gas.
Steven Cohen: Finding our Fossil Fuel Fix: Hydrofracking, Deepwater Drilling and Mountain Top Removal Steven Cohen 2010
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The attractive aspect of moving toward sustainable co-existence with self-managing ecosystems is that the hit-and-miss process of evolution has already established how to make them work.
On Hunting and Apocalypse Dave Hurteau 2008
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