A new paper in nature communications details how ecological systems can collapse faster than expected when multiple drivers and random events are considered. In this video Paul Beckwith does a great job going through the papers’ key points. In particular he highlights how past ecological collapses such as Easter Island, can determine the speed of future system level collapses.
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Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.
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