Nature's Capacity to 'Bounce Back' when Species Are Lost Is Vastly Overestimated, Global Analysis Finds
The largest global study found ecosystem benefits keep rising with biodiversity, challenging assumptions of spare capacity and functional redundancy, researchers said.
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Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds
The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of backup, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind.
Nature’s safety net is disappearing as species are lost
The ability of ecosystems to withstand species loss without suffering major damage has been greatly overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind. Researchers from King’s College London, Imperial College London, the Natural History Museum and The Alan Turing Institute found that ecosystems have far less ‘spare’ capacity than previously thought, raising concerns about the potential consequences of biodiversity loss for food sec…
“Nature will take care of itself” is a common response to all forms of environmental disaster. However, according to new research, nature’s ability to do so is vastly overestimated. The authors warn that ecosystems currently lack the reserves they need to respond to disasters. The research was conducted ... More www.ertnews.gr
Nature's ability to compensate for the disappearance of species has been largely overestimated, pointing to one of the largest global studies ever made on the subject. The research, led by King's College London and Imperial College London, analyzed 423 published studies and 222,829 data collected in terrestrial, marine, freshwater and estuarine ecosystems, and found that ecosystems have much less reserve capacity than thought, which may threaten…
A study led by King’s College in London and Imperial College in London warns that, so far, the ability of ecosystems to function properly even if they lose species due to their extinction has been “enormously underestimated”, as well as that data reveal that the disappearance of biodiversity puts at risk the [...] The entry A Fewer species, fewer ecosystem services and higher risks for humans was first published in EFE Green.
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