Sentences with phrase «affect ecosystems around the world»

This thawing permafrost could release a large amount of mercury that could potentially affect ecosystems around the world.

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Doerr routinely starts wildfires in heath and gorse areas in the UK and around the world to try to understand how such blazes might affect the ecosystem.

Yet now researchers are learning that just as human quirks and temperaments shape our lives and the world around us, the behavior patterns of individual animals affect their role in their ecosystem, their prospects for survival, and, ultimately, their evolution.

There is concern that elevated sea temperatures and ocean acidification may influence the resilience of coral reefs, inherently affecting their vital role of providing the structure which maintains ecosystem services around the world.

[2] This rise in sea levels around the world potentially affects human populations in coastal and island regions [3] and natural environments like marine ecosystems.