Geography A-Level
Ecosystem Resilience and Tipping Points
What Ecosystem Resilience and Tipping Points means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Ecosystem Resilience and Tipping Points
The capacity of biomes to absorb anthropogenic stress before undergoing irreversible state shifts, such as the transition of rainforests to savannahs.
Topics that use Ecosystem Resilience and Tipping Points
- The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Anthropogenic
- Anthropogenic Forcing
- Carbon Intensity
- Carbon Sequestration
- Carbon Sequestration and Storage
- Chemical Weathering and Carbonation
- Cryosphere
- Decarbonisation
Using Ecosystem Resilience and Tipping Points in the exam
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