Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

HO Pörtner, RJ Scholes, A Arneth, DKA Barnes… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …

Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth's ecosystems

A Goldstein, WR Turner, SA Spawn… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires rapid decarbonization and improved
ecosystem stewardship. To achieve the latter, ecosystems should be prioritized by …

Global declines in human‐driven mangrove loss

L Goldberg, D Lagomasino, N Thomas… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global mangrove loss has been attributed primarily to human activity. Anthropogenic loss
hotspots across Southeast Asia and around the world have characterized the ecosystem as …

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

DM Bergstrom, BC Wienecke… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

[HTML][HTML] Global trends in mangrove forest fragmentation

DN Bryan-Brown, RM Connolly, DR Richards… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fragmentation is a major driver of ecosystem degradation, reducing the capacity of habitats
to provide many important ecosystem services. Mangrove ecosystem services, such as …

Mangrove canopy height globally related to precipitation, temperature and cyclone frequency

M Simard, L Fatoyinbo, C Smetanka… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Mangrove wetlands are among the most productive and carbon-dense ecosystems in the
world. Their structural attributes vary considerably across spatial scales, yielding large …

The interaction of human population, food production, and biodiversity protection

E Crist, C Mora, R Engelman - Science, 2017 - science.org
Research suggests that the scale of human population and the current pace of its growth
contribute substantially to the loss of biological diversity. Although technological change and …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of mangrove forests degradation on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

L Carugati, B Gatto, E Rastelli, M Lo Martire, C Coral… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Mangroves are amongst the most productive marine ecosystems on Earth, providing a
unique habitat opportunity for many species and key goods and services for human beings …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution and drivers of global mangrove forest change, 1996–2010

N Thomas, R Lucas, P Bunting, A Hardy, A Rosenqvist… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
For the period 1996-2010, we provide the first indication of the drivers behind mangrove
land cover and land use change across the (pan-) tropics using time-series Japanese Earth …

Rates and drivers of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia, 2000–2012

DR Richards, DA Friess - Proceedings of the National …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The mangrove forests of Southeast Asia are highly biodiverse and provide multiple
ecosystem services upon which millions of people depend. Mangroves enhance fisheries …