Sentences with phrase «ecosystem diebacks»
«Nightmarish scenarios follow from these data,» he goes on, «multiyear drought punctuated by intense heat waves leading to rapid ecosystem diebacks that in turn trigger other nonlinear processes of erosion and fire.
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In fact, marine heatwaves experienced in Australia have already caused massive dieback of these important marine primary producers, threatening the socioeconomic benefits provided by coastal ecosystems.
Examples include the disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheet leading to more rapid sea - level rise, or large - scale Amazon dieback drastically affecting ecosystems, rivers, agriculture, energy production, and livelihoods.
The role of ecosystem - atmosphere interactions in simulated Amazonian precipitation decrease and forest dieback under global climate warming.