They can also serve as benchmarks for future biodiversity research and conservation efforts. "Our findings provide clear indications of which human influences are having the greatest impact on ...

The findings of the study are unequivocal and leave no doubt as to the devastating impact that humans are having on biodiversity worldwide. "We analyzed the effects of the five main human impacts ...

For example, pollution and habitat destruction were found to have the most immediate and damaging impact ... reduce biodiversity at the local level. On average, places affected by human activity ...

We are modelling the response of biodiversity to environmental changes caused by human activity Human activities are causing major changes in biological communities worldwide. These changes can harm ...

When we think about biodiversity loss, we might think of a once-common animal species losing numbers ... We then cross-matched data on these missing species against how big the local human impact was ...

“Our findings show that all five [human] factors have a strong impact on biodiversity worldwide, in all groups of organisms and in all ecosystems,” François Keck, a postdoctoral researcher in ...