Dutch researchers construct ecosystem of the future

In the long-term test, 352 containers and 1000 liters of soil per container are used to accurately construct the grassland ecosystem representing the gradient of biodiversity. Professor George Kowalchuk, who is responsible for the ecological biodiversity group, explained as follows. We can impose future climatic conditions such as changes in rainfall patterns, Dutch summer drying, more humid winter, and extreme rain and droughts occur more frequently.

The two most immediate problems our environment faces are climate change and loss of biodiversity. Human activities brought about a sharp decline in biodiversity while climate change affected global ecosystems. It has been believed for a long time that biodiversity helps ecosystems to tolerate climate change, but how it will occur and how it will happen is yet to be understood. UU BioCliVE imitates future ecosystems and allows biodiversity to understand the mechanisms that help to ecologically ease the potentially harmful effects of climate change. This knowledge becomes very important when developing future management plans to help conserve biodiversity and protect ecosystem functions.

This unique experiment is the first of its kind: accurately combining the impact of climate and biodiversity in reality. Furthermore, it may be that kind of maximum experiment. Experiments include an interdisciplinary approach that enables diverse researchers to investigate the characteristics of various ecosystems, such as production, susceptibility to invasion, nutrient circulation, development of underground communities, food web and plant-microbial interaction Is required.

Scientists working in the field of "Future Ecosystem" are studying the material and energy flow in the ecosystem, the structural and functional aspects of biodiversity, and the causes and effects of human change. For example, they are of varying size, how many species occurred in a particular ecosystem, the resulting ecosystem services and resources, the stability of populations and ecosystems, the impact of environmental stress on them, and I studied about regeneration. There is a possibility. Researchers have developed sustainable policy options for the sustainable management of natural resources beyond simplified options of "protection" or "use". While this means that they must take into account the basic economic, legal and social conditions, ecological and technical knowledge and ecosystems used also provide a multitude of services Consider the fact that.

In this structure it is important to consider the interrelationships between ecosystem services and buildings and natural infrastructure. For this purpose, WLE researchers classify two water-related ecosystem services. Type 1 is an ecosystem service that affects the technical performance (reliability, resiliency, and vulnerability) of building infrastructure, so it can provide the benefits of building infrastructure (eg hydropower and irrigation) I will. Type 2 is the type of water, sediment, nutrient flow that is affected by the physical presence of building infrastructure, or the design and operation of building infrastructure (such as fishery and floodplain). 1)