Ecosystem

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ecosystem : the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

Ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil. Ecosystems can be studied in two different ways. They can be thought of as interdependent collections of plants and animals, or as structured systems and communities governed by general rules. The living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components interact through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Ecosystems include interactions among organisms, and between organisms and their environment. Ecosystems can be of any size but each ecosystem has a specific, limited space. — Wikipedia

Ecosystem (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Biome is a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in. They can be found over a range of continents. Biomes are distinct biological communities that have formed in response to a shared physical climate. “Biome” is a broader term than “habitat”; any biome can comprise a variety of habitats.

A ‘biota’ is the total collection of organisms of a geographic region or a time period, from local geographic scales and instantaneous temporal scales all the way up to whole-planet and whole-timescale spatiotemporal scales. The biotas of the Earth make up the biosphere. — Wikipedia

Biome (Adam Augustyn, Encyclopædia Britannica)

The World’s Biomes (California Academy of Sciences)
Earth’s Habitats (National Geographic)

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Exploration

Gaia’s Menagerie

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Inspiration

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (YouTube Channel)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Official Website)
NASA Operation IceBridge (Mission Website)
CORAL (Mission Website)
NASA Global Climate Change (Recommended Website)

Wonder

Frank Gregorio (YouTube Channel)
Frank Gregorio (Vimeo Website)

Talks about Ecosystems (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Ecosystems (Big Think)

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Foundation

Philosophy

Ecology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Innovation

Science

Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps with the closely related sciences of biogeography, evolutionary biology, genetics, ethology, and natural history. — Wikipedia

Ecology (Robert Leo Smith, Encyclopædia Britannica)

What is Ecology (The Ecological Society of America)

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