Sentences with phrase «total ecosystem collapse»

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At the same time, Scott adds, some ecosystems are already so far out of balance that selectivity is necessary just to stave off total collapse of certain species.

• The fish biomass threshold for a collapsed reef — overfished to the point of nearly total ecosystem failure — is 100 kilograms per hectare.

- our almost - total inability as a species to calculate said risks, and what that deficiency means for the rest of the list - ocean degradation and ecosystem collapse, i.e. losing the things that we rely on, as well as causing irrevocable harm to a world we can't just create anew - rising GHG levels - water quality and availability across the globe - ensuring our communications networks are sustainable, which probably falls under the wider umbrella of energy - the fact that we are still unable to provide basic food, shelter, medicine and education to billions as it is, without the additional stresses of what the future may bring

[Response: No, it wasn't a glitch and if you call: «Unfortunately this situation is so critical that we just can't wait for scientists entrenched in old ways of thinking to save the ecosystem from total collapse», perfectly pleasant, then I'd hate to see what you consider hostile.