Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century sciencedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Land-use change has caused a decrease in global biodiversity in the 20th century. Read more here. A recent study shows that land-use change alone has caused a 2% to 11% decrease in global biodiversity throughout the twentieth century.
<p>Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in <em>Science</em>. Projections show climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century. </p>
<p>The analysis was led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and is the largest modelling study of its kind to date. The researchers compared thirteen models for assessing the impact of land-use change and climate change on four distinct biodiversity metrics, as well as on nine ecosystem services.</p>
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Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century, analysis suggests phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.