Natural Ecosystem Change

010 - Natural Ecosystem Change

In this video Paul Andersen explains how the Earth's climate will natural change due to interactions between the Sun and Earth, volcanism, and plate tectonics. Species may go extinct leading to adaptive radiation or may move to a suitable climate. Primary and secondary succession are also discussed.

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Music Attribution

Intro
Artist: CosmicD
Creative Commons Atribution License

Outro
Title: String Theory
Artist: Herman Jolly

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[Ritiboricua]

I love your videos! They are so clear and easy to follow, great for education purposes. I use them every year to prepare my lectures on climate change and on ecosystem services. I am due a Thank you! :))

[TheTheddi]

Adaptive radiation isn´t only caused by (mass) extinction though. It´s caused simply by having niches that a species can fill. For example the darwin finches came from a less adapted species which migrated to galapagos and there specialized and became multiple species. There was no extinction involved, a migrated species simply adapted to already available niches.

[dorcasbesa]

Great!!! Thanks for this video. BTW, the volcano that erupted here in the Philippines wayback June of 1991 was "Pinatubo" not "Katutubo."

[jonathanlozier]

So just to clarify...adaptive radiation of species, other that those that became extinct, which then fill the niches of those that became extinct

[RepublicOfZen]

How do we know what C levels were four hundred years ago? Serious question. Where is all this data from?

[rishabhgoswami]

I don't understand some parts!! Can I ask

[acjitsu]

Been trying to explain all of this to the global warming crowd for a long time now. Many other enormous forces acting on this Earth, not just carbon production.

[toomanydrugsinmysys]

having a hard time figuring out why any of this matters