Unit 2: Stability and Change in Ecosystems

Explore the saltwater marsh biome with a lesson from K-12 education program specialist, Celeste Rivenbark. The coastal biome is a great example of how climate changes and weather patterns affect the ecosystems around us. Follow along with the help of host Cecil Washington Jr. in this episode of Let's Go Enviro.

Did you know that there are cyclical climate patterns that scientists have followed for over 100,000 years? In this episode of Let's Go Enviro, we hear from the director of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Michelle Kaylor, as she explains the three types of Milankovitch cycles as well as the wildlife impacts she has seen in her time working on Jekyll Island.

Now that we understand the changes that inevitably occur throughout Earth's various biomes, Cecil talks to David Zailo, Research Program Manager at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, to better understand the stages of succession and the keystone species to look out for when determining the stage of a specific ecosystem.