Question

ead the following scenario and answer the question below Human activities, including fossil fuel combustion, farming, and deforestation, are known to increase the levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides in our atmosphere. Measurable warming of Earth due to these greenhouse gases can alter ecosystem dynamics. In addition to the direct climatic effects on organisms within biomes, warming can lower levels of sea ice and increase precipitation in Arctic areas. Global warming can also melt permafrost in the tundra and increase sea surface temperatures, which could increase the intensity of hurricanes in vulnerable areas. Within communities, climatic change can shift interdependent species "out of sync," potentially causing indirect loss of species. For example, if pollinators and the plants they pollinate become out of synch, the pollinators may not be able to switch to a different food source, and the plants may not be able to reproduce. Intense hurricanes resulting from global warming can directly lead to ________ within communities.

Answer 1

The given blank can be filled with secondary succession.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given case, the events will lead to secondary succession. It is a kind of ecological succession in which the animals and plants get colonize again in habitat after a major disturbance like a devastating hurricane, wildfire, or human activities. The mentioned things can substantially change an area, however, has not entirely made it lifeless.

Secondary succession occurs in the area where the disturbance did not eradicate all the life and nutrients from the environment, that is, different from primary succession in which the development of biological community takes place where no life had prevailed before.