Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

JA Harvey, K Tougeron, R Gols, R Heinen… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to
the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates …

The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?

RH Cowie, P Bouchet, B Fontaine - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused
by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of climate change on agricultural insect pests

S Skendžić, M Zovko, IP Živković, V Lešić, D Lemić - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Climate change and extreme weather events have a major impact on crop
production and agricultural pests. As generally adaptable organisms, insect pests respond …

Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration

BBN Strassburg, A Iribarrem, HL Beyer, CL Cordeiro… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Extensive ecosystem restoration is increasingly seen as being central to conserving
biodiversity and stabilizing the climate of the Earth. Although ambitious national and global …

Impact of climate change on biodiversity loss: global evidence

MS Habibullah, BH Din, SH Tan, H Zahid - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The present study investigates the impact of climate change on biodiversity loss using global
data consisting of 115 countries. In this study, we measure biodiversity loss using data on …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of the impacts of global change factors on soil microbial diversity and functionality

Z Zhou, C Wang, Y Luo - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Biodiversity on the Earth is changing at an unprecedented rate due to a variety of global
change factors (GCFs). However, the effects of GCFs on microbial diversity is unclear …

Ecosystem decay exacerbates biodiversity loss with habitat loss

JM Chase, SA Blowes, TM Knight, K Gerstner, F May - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Although habitat loss is the predominant factor leading to biodiversity loss in the
Anthropocene,, exactly how this loss manifests—and at which scales—remains a central …

Genetic diversity loss in the Anthropocene

M Exposito-Alonso, TR Booker, L Czech, L Gillespie… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Anthropogenic habitat loss and climate change are reducing species' geographic ranges,
increasing extinction risk and losses of species' genetic diversity. Although preserving …

How does digitalization drive carbon emissions? The inverted U-shaped effect in China

R Zheng, G Wu, Y Cheng, H Liu, Y Wang… - Environmental Impact …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digitalization has become an engine driving industrial transformation and social change;
however, the impact on carbon emissions during digital transformation remains poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

LJ Sonter, MC Dade, JEM Watson… - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Renewable energy production is necessary to halt climate change and reverse associated
biodiversity losses. However, generating the required technologies and infrastructure will …