Sentences with phrase «predict ecosystem collapse»

After 2 years, in the plots missing 75 % of the forest algae, the ecosystem tipped over to entirely turf algae and C. amentacea never came back, showing that recovery length could predict ecosystem collapse, the researchers reported yesterday in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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Now, a new study promises a way to predict — and possibly head off — the collapse of species that support those ecosystems, with just one measurement.

For years, scientists studying lakes and other ecosystems have predicted collapses before they happen, using long - term data on environmental factors and population health.

But models used by scientists to predict the tipping points at which drought stress leads to ecosystem collapse have proven unreliable and too optimistic.