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Can Ecosystems be Restored? There is a powerful connection between our environment, living things, nature, and our ecosystems. Numerous changes occur over time and space, and there are some dramatic changes occurring that is deteriorating some of our natural ecosystems. Certain changes in our ecosystems occur naturally due to weather and climate conditions. Occasionally, natural misfortunes show an improvement after a disturbance. However, many changes are the result of the human population thriving, and the pressure to build, and improve our economy. With such a dominant presence on this planet, we as the human population are accountable, and certainly have the ability to restore some of the destruction. What is an ecosystem? The book, Environmental Science, defines an ecosystem as; “an ecosystem is a grouping of plants, animals, and microbes occupying an explicit unit of space and interacting with each other and their environment” (Nebel and Wright, 2000, p.21). There are many different structures that conform to make a complete natural ecosystem. The main components of every ecosystem are the biotic community and the abiotic environmental factors. The difference between the biotic community and abiotic environmental factors is that biotic communities consist of the natural living for example, plant life and animals.
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