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28. Is biodiversity indeed responsible for the ecological resilience? Permanent link.: Answered 6 January 2011.
Question author: a colleague.
Asked 6 December 2010.

27. Why the HEAT? Permanent link.: Answered 25 July 2010.
Question author: question in the air.
Asked 25 July 2010.

26. The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report claims that "anthropogenic warming could lead to some impacts that are abrupt or irreversible." However, I have read that CO₂ levels were once much higher on earth in the past. Why did the earth's atmosphere not experience "runaway" positive feedbacks during those eras? Permanent link.: Answered 11 November 2009.
Question author: Harold Vance.
Asked 5 November 2009.

25. Most part of the Earth’s surface is water. Why, despite this, is not the atmosphere saturated with water vapor? Permanent link.: Answered 28 July 2009.
Question author: BIZON.
Asked 30 May 2009.

24. One can often hear that carbon dioxide is responsible for the greenhouse effect, so that the more CO₂ we have, the greater the greenhouse effect becomes. Then I have the following question. On Mars the proportion of CO₂ in the atmosphere is 95% but there is no greenhouse effect there. Why do then people panic about the greenhouse effect on Earth, where the atmospheric CO₂ content is the tiny 0.036%? Permanent link.: Answered 28 July 2009.
Question author: Andrei N.
Asked 22 May 2009.

23. TV news: Bill Gates is going to mix the offshore waters of the Atlantic Ocean, to pump deep cold waters upwards reducing evaporation, as a measure to tame the hurricanes that besiege the Atlantic coast of the U.S. But will the Gulf Stream persist then? Is it at all possible, after all? Permanent link.: Answered 19 July 2009.
Question author: Sergey.
Asked 19 July 2009.

22. Evolutionary theory attacked: a debate in need of quantitative arguments? (on whether the responses of evolutionists to creationists are persuasive) Permanent link.: Answered 6 March 2008.
Question author: friend.
Asked 19 January 2008.

21. Does the process of speciation occur today, and can one observe it? Permanent link.: Answered 6 March 2008.
Question author: Alena.
Asked 2 December 2007.

20. How can one explain the existence of emperor penguins in the Antarctics, if there is no adaptation but biotic regulation only? The Antarctics does not need penguins, it is obvious. But does the ocean need them? Also doubtful. Permanent link.: Answered 6 March 2008.
Question author: I. Reif.
Asked 13 January 2007.

19. How can it be that both unicellular and multicellular organisms co-exist on our planet? Didn't the latter enter the biosphere as more progressive and should have then outcompeted the former in the struggle for survival? Permanent link.: Answered 6 ноября 2007.
Question author: Lisa.
Asked 2 November 2007.

18. How can we as humans reduce our net primary productivity consumption? Permanent link.: Answered 1 October 2007.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 28 September 2007.

17. What are the spatial boundaries of the biota (in kilometers)? Permanent link.: Answered 1 October 2007.
Question author: Maxim.
Asked 28 September 2007.

16. What is the minimum spatial volume where one could see the greenhouse effect? E.g., would a cube of 1 m³ filled with chlorofluorocarbons suffice? Permanent link.: Answered 1 October 2007.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 28 September 2007.

15. What happens if species-destroyers disappear from the living community? (in Russian) Permanent link.: Answered 26 April 2007.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 23 April 2007.

14. Biotic regulation, is it a theory or a hypothesis? Permanent link.: Answered 2 March 2007.
Question author: Mr. Volozhin.
Asked 22 February 2007.

13. What is the difference between functions of unicellular and multicellular organisms? Permanent link.: Answered 23 February 2007.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 11 February 2007.

12. Has the humanity enough time to reduce global populations numbers without completely destroying the biosphere? What should be undertaken towards this goal? Permanent link.: Answered 14 February 2007.
Question author: Jos van Damme.
Asked 16 August 2006.

11. What is ecosystem succession? How do biomass, productivity and biodiversity change during succession? Permanent link.: Answered 14 February 2007.
Question author: Eugene.
Asked 22 January 2007.

10. What distinguishes living organisms from non-living? Permanent link.: Answered 24 December 2006.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 18 December 2006.

9. What is biogen? (in Russian) Permanent link.: Answered 17 July 2006.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 5 June 2006.

8. On the natural ecological role of man ("In some of your publications you indicated that man can be considered as a species-repairer useful for the restoration of disturbed nature...") (in Russian) Permanent link.: Answered 17 July 2006.
Question author: Yelena.
Asked 31 May 2006.

7. How does man exploit the natural biota? What is the relevance of the natural biota for the future survival of the humanity? (in Russian) Permanent link.: Answered 10 April 2006.
Question author: Albina.
Asked 27 March 2006.

6. What do fungi regulate on our planet? Permanent link.: Answered 10 April 2006.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 11 March 2006.

5. What are the causes of the degradation of the biosphere? Permanent link.: Answered 14 February 2006.
Question author: Tanya.
Asked 15 December 200.

4. What are locally accumulated biogens? Permanent link.: Answered 3 December 2005.
Question author: Natasha.
Asked 2 December 2005.

3. What is the importance of natural biota? What are the economic benefits of natural biota? What are the causes of natural biota's extinction? What are the technical solutions to protect natural biota? Permanent link.: Answered 14 February 2005.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 16 December 2003.

2. What is biota? Permanent link.: Answered 6 July 2003.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 6 July 2003.

1. How does the biotic regulation concept relate to J. Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis? Permanent link.: Answered 6 July 2003.
Question author: anonymous.
Asked 6 July 2003.

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