No ecological bailouts

New research finds, there is no way to restore collapsed ecosystems within any reasonable timeframe.

“What really worries us is that climate extremes could hit already stressed ecosystems, which in turn transfer new or heightened stresses to some other ecosystem, and so on. This means one collapsing ecosystem could have a knock-on effect on neighboring ecosystems through successive feedback loops: an ‘ecological doom-loop’ scenario, with catastrophic consequences.”

https://theconversation.com/ecological-doom-loops-why-ecosystem-collapses-may-occur-much-sooner-than-expected-new-research-207955

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