How to Use ecosystem in a Sentence

ecosystem

noun
  • At the heart of the debate about deep-sea mining is whether this can be done in a way that doesn’t harm ocean ecosystems and species.
    Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Their goal, in part, is to preserve the arctic ecosystems the giants once roamed.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • To the researchers, this change signals a less resilient ecosystem.
    Sarah Sloat, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Very little was known about the ecosystems in the GMR’s deeper reaches, so one of the team’s main goals was to chart their layout.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2023
  • More than half of all that pledged land is in non-forest ecosystems, according to the study authors.
    Popular Science, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Nonetheless, the amount of money flowing through the ecosystem has begun to siphon off.
    Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Yet still, the work has big implications for the ecosystem’s future.
    Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In Hawaii and elsewhere around the world, human wastewater enters and disrupts coastal ecosystems.
    WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
  • See native wildlife and plants in this endangered ecosystem.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The rate at which humans are increasing CO2 in the atmosphere does not give ecosystems time to adapt, according to Hood.
    USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • That’s a big deal for an Apple product, whose predecessors—like the iPhone—owe a lot of their success to the app ecosystems that have blossomed around them.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Explore nature trails and kayak through mangrove forests, discovering the unique ecosystem of the area.
    James Barrett, ELLE Decor, 27 July 2023
  • The award, in its 12th year, showcases Britain’s nature, from its woodlands and wetlands to other ecosystems.
    Nell Lewis, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • High schools are delicate ecosystems, prone to such rupture and repair.
    oregonlive, 2 June 2023
  • Though that’s a fraction of the $200 billion generated by the iPhone, the watch also helps keep people locked into the Apple ecosystem.
    Mark Gurman, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But be sure to do it carefully, because ecosystems are fragile.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Coral reefs are vital ecosystems, housing marine life from smaller fish up to turtles and sharks.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
  • Instead the researchers argue that the extinction happened earlier in the ecosystem shift, long before the trees thinned.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The ocean is even getting more green and shifts in ocean color is an indication that ecosystems may also be changing.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Seeds of Change is a special recognition for gardens that impact both the ecosystem and the greater community.
    Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The Cult of We offers many lessons relevant to the collapse of the tech startup ecosystem following the rise in interest rates and changes to investors’ appetite for risk.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • For adventurous guests, the hotel can arrange seaplane trips to the wilds of Patagonia or the watery ecosystems of the Iberá Wetlands: a game-changing way to see the sights.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2023
  • In the mid-2010s, social media became a key element of the collecting ecosystem.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Neglected ecosystems, where there’s a lot of commercial interest but still not many games in print.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 14 July 2023
  • With us was April Burt, a naturalist who has spent more than two years living on Aldabra, researching its ecosystem.
    David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Even the name of its single-purpose app—Mini—served as a counterpoint to Big Tech and its sprawling fortified ecosystems.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
  • So far, Gemini seems to be impressive, especially for those already in Google’s ecosystem, but there’s a lot of work left to do on all sides.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The last few years have underscored the complicated truth: Tourism is both an integral part of Hawaii as well as a burden on its people and ecosystem.
    Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The media ecosystem—and by the way, every two years somebody writes an article about how the influencer industry is over.
    Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Elsewhere in the suite, Gary treats a street corner in Harlem like its own discrete ecosystem, paying close attention to how Black women inhabit the space.
    Yasmina Price, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023

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