Exam 58: A Changing Biosphere

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In the coming century, sea level rise will drown many coastal regions that now consist of wetlands.A modeling study of 12 wetland areas around San Francisco Bay predicts that, by 2100, 95 percent of these wetlands will be covered by an expected 3-4 feet of sea level rise.In addition to loss of flood protection and other ecosystem services, which ecological change might be expected to result from drowning wetlands?

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Which location would be considered a coupled human-natural system?

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