Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

JS Albert, AC Carnaval, SGA Flantua, LG Lohmann… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural
activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity …

Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead

M Dornelas, JM Chase, NJ Gotelli… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Estimating biodiversity change across the planet in the context of widespread human
modification is a critical challenge. Here, we review how biodiversity has changed in recent …

Quantifying climate variability and regional anthropogenic influence on vegetation dynamics in northwest India

A Banerjee, S Kang, ME Meadows, Z **a… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
To explore the spatio-temporal dynamics and mechanisms underlying vegetation cover in
Haryana State, India, and implications thereof, we obtained MODIS EVI imagery together …

Trophic rewilding as a restoration approach under emerging novel biosphere conditions

JC Svenning, R Buitenwerf, E Le Roux - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Rewilding is a restoration approach that aims to promote self-regulating complex
ecosystems by restoring non-human ecological processes while reducing human control …

Detection of long-term land use and ecosystem services dynamics in the Loess Hilly-Gully region based on artificial intelligence and multiple models

Y Liu, X Huang, Y Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Balancing intensive development with biodiversity conservation is critical for ecological
sustainability. In the Loess Hilly-Gully region, which has experienced significant …

Assessing changes in global fire regimes

SS Sayedi, BW Abbott, B Vannière, B Leys… - Fire ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background The global human footprint has fundamentally altered wildfire regimes, creating
serious consequences for human health, biodiversity, and climate. However, it remains …

[HTML][HTML] Reservoir water quality deterioration due to deforestation emphasizes the indirect effects of global change

X Kong, S Ghaffar, M Determann, K Friese, S Jomaa… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Deforestation is currently a widespread phenomenon and a growing environmental concern
in the era of rapid climate change. In temperate regions, it is challenging to quantify the …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal differentiation and mechanism of anthropogenic factors affecting ecosystem service value in the Urban Agglomeration around Poyang Lake …

C Liu, Y Liu, BF Giannetti, CMVB Almeida… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Clarifying the impact of anthropogenic factors on ecosystem service value (ESV) is crucial to
achieving sustainable development. However, the dynamics of human-disturbed complex …

Impacts of climate and land use change on terrestrial carbon storage: A multi-scenario case study in the Yellow River Basin (1992–2050)

H Wang, L Wu, Y Yue, Y **, B Zhang - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, socioeconomic development and climate change pose new challenges to the
assessment and management of terrestrial carbon storage (CS). Accurate prediction of …

[HTML][HTML] A perspective on green, blue, and grey spaces, biodiversity, microbiota, and human health

JD Potter, C Brooks, G Donovan, C Cunningham… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans have lived from equator to poles for millennia but are now increasingly intruding
into the wild spaces of other species and steadily extruding ourselves from our own wild …