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Cities threaten global biodiversity but could also help sustain it
Earth & Space

Cities threaten global biodiversity but could also help sustain it

Over the next 30 years, the expansion of cities will threaten global biodiversity unless we change the way that they are built.  Greener cities can become part...

·4 min read
Agriculture and climate change driving worldwide insect declines
Earth & Space

Agriculture and climate change driving worldwide insect declines

Insects are a key part of the earth’s life support system, making reports of steep declines a great concern. Our study, one of the largest assessments of...

·3 min read
Poorly protected areas: human impacts are destroying nature’s safeguards
Earth & Space

Poorly protected areas: human impacts are destroying nature’s safeguards

We found that roughly one-third of the globally protected area estate (amounting to six million km²) is under intense human pressure. Governments around the...

·4 min read
Rethinking priorities in conservation planning to tackle the biodiversity crisis
Earth & Space

Rethinking priorities in conservation planning to tackle the biodiversity crisis

Freshwater ecosystems are the most threatened in the world yet hardly considered in conservation planning. We show that current conservation efforts focused on...

·3 min read
Why does biodiversity matter for agriculture?
Earth & Space

Why does biodiversity matter for agriculture?

Our study demonstrates the benefits of biodiversification for agriculture. In essence, agricultural fields with greater biodiversity are better protected from...

·3 min read
Staying ahead of the wave: predicting fishing efforts in a changing world to save biodiversity
Earth & Space

Staying ahead of the wave: predicting fishing efforts in a changing world to save biodiversity

Recent advancements in fishing technologies are unbalancing global marine ecosystems. Our spatio-temporal model to predict global fishing efforts may allow...

·4 min read
Making the coral reef ‘A-list’
Earth & Space

Making the coral reef ‘A-list’

The world’s coral reefs are embattled by increasing human pressures. My colleagues and I explored which coral reefs could still simultaneously meet key...

·4 min read
Millions of years of evolution at stake on Madagascar
Evolution & Behaviour

Millions of years of evolution at stake on Madagascar

The mammals of Madagascar have seen many human induced extinctions while increasing human influence mean many more may follow. We show that adding to the few...

·4 min read
Oil palms and primates can hardly co-exist in Africa
Earth & Space

Oil palms and primates can hardly co-exist in Africa

The recent conversion of land to oil palm crops has produced catastrophic effects in Southeast Asia. Shocking images of orangutans left with no home, together...

·4 min read
How many factors of global change affect soils
Earth & Space

How many factors of global change affect soils

It is very difficult to study many factors of global change at the same time. We did this using a trick: we asked what happens if you steadily increase the...

·4 min read
Warmer oceans will harbor lower animal abundance
Earth & Space

Warmer oceans will harbor lower animal abundance

Climate change is affecting the distribution and abundance of marine life. Yet the full extent of future changes is difficult to predict due to limitations in...

·4 min read
All is not lost for biodiversity
Earth & Space

All is not lost for biodiversity

Reports that wildlife declined by more than 50% in recent decades grabbed headlines, but calculating an average global decline is trickier than it might seem....

·4 min read