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Feedback loops: How nature gets its rhythms - Anje-Margriet Neutel

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While feedback loops are a bummer at band practice, they are essential in nature. What does nature’s feedback look like, and how does it build the resilience of our world? Anje-Margriet Neutel describes some common positive and negative feedback loops, examining how an ecosystem’s many loops come together to make its ‘trademark sound.’

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Educator
Anje-Margriet Neutel, Antonio Bodini, Eric Berlow
Animator
Brad Purnell
Composer
Ross Allchurch
Narrator
Addison Anderson

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