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.’
One of the more prevalent feedback loops discussed today is one in relation to melting polar ice caps due to climate change. Is this a positive or negative feedback loop? Explain your answer.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Anje-Margriet Neutel, Antonio Bodini, Eric Berlow
- Animator Brad Purnell
- Composer Ross Allchurch
- Narrator Addison Anderson
