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1. Ecological Stability

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   Ecosystems often exhibit cycles of stability that are inherent to their energy budget. Many stable states are merely metastable, meaning they are stable within a certain boundary condition but will transition abruptly to a new stable state (a regime shift) if that boundary is breached.
   The periodicity of these shifts is often dictated by [planetary alignment…