The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?

RH Cowie, P Bouchet, B Fontaine - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused
by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may …

Scientists' warning on invasive alien species

P Pyšek, PE Hulme, D Simberloff, S Bacher… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the
rise in human population size. The numbers of invasive alien species–the subset of alien …

A global record of annual terrestrial Human Footprint dataset from 2000 to 2018

H Mu, X Li, Y Wen, J Huang, P Du, W Su, S Miao… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Human Footprint, the pressure imposed on the eco-environment by changing ecological
processes and natural landscapes, is raising worldwide concerns on biodiversity and …

Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays

N Pacoureau, CL Rigby, PM Kyne, RB Sherley… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Overfishing is the primary cause of marine defaunation, yet declines in and increasing
extinction risks of individual species are difficult to measure, particularly for the largest …

[HTML][HTML] Threats of global warming to the world's freshwater fishes

V Barbarossa, J Bosmans, N Wanders, H King… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change poses a significant threat to global biodiversity, but freshwater fishes have
been largely ignored in climate change assessments. Here, we assess threats of future flow …

Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications

MA Wulder, TR Loveland, DP Roy, CJ Crawford… - Remote sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Formal planning and development of what became the first Landsat satellite commenced
over 50 years ago in 1967. Now, having collected earth observation data for well over four …

Ensuring effective implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity targets

H Xu, Y Cao, D Yu, M Cao, Y He, M Gill… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Biodiversity underpins the fundamental elements for human well-being including food
security, human health and access to clean water. In 2010, the Aichi Targets were adopted …

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

W Willett, J Rockström, B Loken, M Springmann… - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …