Across
- 1. A discrete event disrupting ecosystem structure
- 4. Disproportionate system response to drivers
- 6. Long-term storage of carbon
- 7. External drivers of system change
- 11. Resistance to structural change
- 13. Rate of biomass generation
- 15. Division of habitats into isolated patches
- 22. Decrease in environmental pH
- 24. Release of substances into the atmosphere
- 26. The rigid outer Earth layer
- 29. A limit beyond which change becomes irreversible
- 30. The gaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- 31. Earth’s frozen components
- 33. Accumulation of salts in soils or water
- 35. Increase of toxin concentration along trophic levels
- 36. Climate interactions over long distances
Down
- 2. Resulting from human activity
- 3. Degree of linkage among habitats
- 5. Reduction of negative environmental impacts
- 8. Gradual buildup of substances in organisms
- 9. The ability of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize
- 10. Spatial variability within a system
- 12. Reciprocal evolutionary change between species
- 14. Capacity to adjust to change
- 16. Reflectivity of a surface
- 17. Balance of chemical elements in ecosystems
- 18. Gradual change in perceived normal conditions
- 19. Study of element cycling through living systems
- 20. Establishment of non-native species
- 21. All water on Earth
- 23. A process that amplifies or dampens change
- 24. Nutrient overload causing oxygen depletion
- 25. A dominant system state
- 27. Regulation of internal system conditions
- 28. A critical value triggering system change
- 32. Past climate conditions
- 34. Directional change in ecosystem composition over time