Posted by
michael
on from the breaking-new-ground dept.
Egonis writes: "Revisiting Darwin's theories, and why, exactly he chose to research his theories. And the shocking truth is that Charles Darwin was really a gardener. ;)"
Ecosystem diversity
by
bihoy
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· Score: 4, Interesting
It is interesting to note that the point of this article is more directed towards understanding the early research of ecosystems. It is clear that this early research not only influenced Darwin's work but was some of the earliest work done in understanding the impact of diversity on how well an ecosystem functions.
One quote in the article ponders the impact this research could have had in preventing much of the damage that has been inflicted on the worlds ecosystems. Could we have prevented much of this damage if this reseach had been dissemenated more widely?
Perhaps it might have sped up our concerns on the matter. Though we are still faced with major conflicts between the interests of technolgy amd those of ecology. It's hard to imagine that the negative impact of human technolgy and civilization will ever cease to erode upon the ecology that supports it.
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It is interesting to note that the point of this article is more directed towards understanding the early research of ecosystems. It is clear that this early research not only influenced Darwin's work but was some of the earliest work done in understanding the impact of diversity on how well an ecosystem functions.
One quote in the article ponders the impact this research could have had in preventing much of the damage that has been inflicted on the worlds ecosystems. Could we have prevented much of this damage if this reseach had been dissemenated more widely?
Perhaps it might have sped up our concerns on the matter. Though we are still faced with major conflicts between the interests of technolgy amd those of ecology. It's hard to imagine that the negative impact of human technolgy and civilization will ever cease to erode upon the ecology that supports it.