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\nToday we're going to take a closer look at ecosystems -- which are communities of living organisms in an area interacting with their environment -- and how this relationship between the amount of energy a place receives and the movement...\nToday we're going to take a closer look at ecosystems -- which are communities of living organisms in an area interacting with their environment -- and how this relationship between the amount of energy a place receives and the movement of nutrients is what makes the incredible diversity of life possible. We'll also take a look at the patterns we see in the main global biomes, show you why some biomes (like tropical rainforests) are so productive, and discuss an agricultural practice some farmers have employed to help preserve their local ecosystems.\n
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10:49
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\nCrash Course Geography\n\n
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2021
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john green, education, energy flow, south america, biogeochemical cycles, chemical energy, southeast asia, energy, trees, birds, fish, plants, ecosystems, nitrogen, nutrients, bacteria, movement, consumers, biodiversity, biomes, producers, deforestation
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hank green, vlogbrothers, crash course, crashcourse, biosphere, ecosystem, net primary production, decomposuers, biogeochemical, swidden, shifting cultivation, slash-and-burn, land rotation, tropical rainforest, bio mass, boreal forests, abiotic parts, nutrient cycles, higher latitudes, sleeping birds, ecosystems depend, biotic parts, productive ecosystem, living, soils, world, land, grow
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