Sentences with phrase «rapid ecosystem response»

Not exact matches

Many of the creatures in the White Sands ecosystem, including the lesser earless lizard and the Apache pocket mouse, have undergone rapid evolution in response to their unique environment, developing a lighter appearance that allows them to blend into the gypsum sands and escape predators.

There are plenty of records, particularly from low latitudes that demonstrate rapid (and reasonably large scale, big enough to cause significant ecosystem responses) climate changes during the Holocene.

«Temperature increases beyond 1.0 °C may elicit rapid, unpredictable, and non-linear responses that could lead to extensive ecosystem damage,» the report said, suggesting there is nothing necessarily «safe» about a two degree limit.