How many species will Earth lose to climate change?

JJ Wiens, J Zelinka - Global Change Biology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change may be an important threat to global biodiversity, potentially leading to the
extinction of numerous species. But how many? There have been various attempts to …

Research gaps in knowledge of the impact of urban growth on biodiversity

RI McDonald, AV Mansur, F Ascensão, M Colbert… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Abstract By 2030, an additional 1.2 billion people are forecast in urban areas globally. We
review the scientific literature (n= 922 studies) to assess direct and indirect impacts of urban …

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

D Leclère, M Obersteiner, M Barrett, SHM Butchart… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Increased efforts are required to prevent further losses to terrestrial biodiversity and the
ecosystem services that it provides,. Ambitious targets have been proposed, such as …

Human impacts on global freshwater fish biodiversity

G Su, M Logez, J Xu, S Tao, S Villéger, S Brosse - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Freshwater fish represent one-fourth of the world's vertebrates and provide irreplaceable
goods and services but are increasingly affected by human activities. A new index …

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

DM Bergstrom, BC Wienecke… - Global Change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

Impacts of 1.5 C global warming on natural and human systems

O Hoegh-Guldberg, D Jacob, M Bindi… - Global warming of …, 2018‏ - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Abstract An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-
industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of …

The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages

SA Blowes, SR Supp, LH Antão, A Bates, H Bruelheide… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
Human activities are fundamentally altering biodiversity. Projections of declines at the global
scale are contrasted by highly variable trends at local scales, suggesting that biodiversity …

Global impacts of future cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets and biodiversity

F Zabel, R Delzeit, JM Schneider, R Seppelt… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
With rising demand for biomass, cropland expansion and intensification represent the main
strategies to boost agricultural production, but are also major drivers of biodiversity decline …

Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments

MB Araújo, RP Anderson, A Márcia Barbosa… - Science …, 2019‏ - science.org
Demand for models in biodiversity assessments is rising, but which models are adequate for
the task? We propose a set of best-practice standards and detailed guidelines enabling …

Levers and leverage points for pathways to sustainability

KMA Chan, DR Boyd, RK Gould, J Jetzkowitz… - People and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Humanity is on a deeply unsustainable trajectory. We are exceeding planetary boundaries
and unlikely to meet many international sustainable development goals and global …