Extreme disturbances are complex events. The terminology used to identify them, such as 'hurricanes,' 'fires,' 'economic collapse,' 'war,' or 'drought,' is insufficient for advancing understanding about how they interact with, and affect, ecosystems, including SETS.
The lower limb bones are attached to the axial skeleton by a ring of bones called the pelvic girdle. The pelvic girdle consists of the right and left hip bones.
The bones of the head and trunk of the vertebrate form the axial skeleton.
Surface ocean currents form large circularpatterns called gyres. Gyres flowclockwise in Northern Hemisphereoceans and counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere oceans.
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, some bacteria and some protistans use the energy from sunlight to produce glucose from carbon dioxide and water.
