Sentences with phrase «entire ecosystem collapses»

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A mutualistic relationship between species in an ecosystem allows for the ecosystem to thrive, but the lack of this relationship could lead to the collapse of the entire system.

Now, entire swathes of the Great Barrier Reef are suffering from «complete ecosystem collapse,» marine researcher Justin Marshall said after spending a week conducting surveys near Lizard Island in the northern region of the reef.

I wish you could demonstrate, in a powerful way, how a world in which the leatherback turtle has become extinct is a world in which entire food - chains collapse; a world in which human survival, even of the rich and powerful, is far from trivial; a world that has been robbed and plundered of such fundamental resources as clean air, clean water and viable ecosystems, that it can no longer maintain the top predators — humans.

When their habitat is destroyed, they cease to exist, and species that coexist or depend upon those species also become extinct, resulting in the collapse of an entire ecosystem.

And projections that AGW may cause the extinction of 30 - 50 percent, or more, of existing species, and the collapse of entire ecosystems, by the end of the century are quite mainstream.