The global‐scale decline of animal biodiversity ('defaunation') represents one of the most
alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction …

Human use of land has been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia. From hunting and
foraging to burning the land to farming to industrial agriculture, increasingly intensive human …

The population extinction pulse we describe here shows, from a quantitative viewpoint, that
Earth's sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusively at …

Effective identification of species using short DNA fragments (DNA barcoding and DNA
metabarcoding) requires reliable sequence reference libraries of known taxa. Both …

The synergistic combination of deep learning (DL) models and Earth observation (EO)
promises significant advances to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). New …

Several hundred species are hunted for wild meat in the tropics, supporting the diets,
customs, and livelihoods of millions of people. However, unsustainable hunting is one of the …

Seed dispersal is key to the persistence and spread of plant populations. Because the
majority of plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds, global change drivers that …

Despite the relatively rich literature on the omnipresence of microplastics in marine
environments, the current status and ecological impacts of microplastics on global Marine …

Contamination with anthropogenic debris, such as plastic and paint particles, has been
widely investigated in the global marine environment. However, there is a lack of information …

Humanity has triggered the sixth mass extinction episode since the beginning of the
Phanerozoic. The complexity of this extinction crisis is centred on the intersection of two …