'How to support a functioning ecosystem' suggests that the text should give people advice.

“如何支撑一个运行的生态系统”说明文章会给人们建议。

How to support a functioning ecosystem Before you read any of the text, one technique is to read the headings first.

如何支撑一个运行的生态系统在你阅读文章之前，一个技巧就是首先阅读标题。

Fifteen years ago, we asked ourselves, " Beyond protecting landscape, what do we really have to do to create fully functioning ecosystems? "

十五年前，我们问自己，“在保护土地之上，我们究竟应该怎样创造一个能够完全运作的生态系统？”

It removes carbon from the atmosphere and what we've seen is essentially a shift in the habitat from this diverse, highly functioning ecosystem with many different kinds of species.

海藻消除了大气中的碳，我们所看到的基本上是栖息地的变化，从这个拥有许多不同物种的多样化的、高效的生态系统移除。

More species mean each has a narrower role, reducing competition and increasing the chances of a species stepping in if another declines, thus ensuring ecosystem functioning.

更多的物种意味着每个物种的作用范围更窄，从而减少竞争，并增加一个物种在另一个物种衰退时介入的机会，从而确保生态系统的功能。