The benefits of natural disasters

Article Abstract:

Suppression of natural disasters can have unintended effects on the natural ecosystem. Research on the effects of controlling floods on the steelhead trout and the effects of disrupting natural fire cycles indicates that preserving the forces in an ecosystem is necessary to preserve biodiversity.

Natural disasters, Floods, Biological diversity conservation, Biodiversity conservation

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Nitrogen oxide pollution may spark seeds' growth

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Ecologists have discovered the compound in smoke that triggers the germination of plants after wildfires. Nitrogen oxide produced by wildfires can cause the germination of Yellow Whispering Bells, a common California wildflower. Air pollution may also trigger germination.

Germination, Air pollution, Nitrogen oxides, Nitrogen oxide

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After the end: recovery from extinction

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Marine and terrestrial communities recovered rapidly after the mass extinctions of the late Cretaceous period. Of the four regions that are studied, the Gulf Coast of North America appears to have rebounded most quickly.

Biological diversity, Biodiversity, Geology, Stratigraphic, Stratigraphy, Cretaceous period

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