Complex sentence: However, the word "ecophagy" is now applied more generally in reference any event--nuclear war, the spread of monoculture, massive species extinctions--that might fundamentally alter the planet or undermine the capacity of the earth to repair itself.
Split into simpler sentences: However, the word "ecophagy" is now applied more generally in reference any event--nuclear war, the spread of monoculture, massive species extinctions--that might fundamentally alter the planet. Scholars suggest that these events might result in ecocide in that they would undermine the capacity of the earth to repair itself.