Ecosystems can behave surprisingly like magnets, say scientists.
- Emeritus Professor of Physical Geography, University of Southampton
We ran computer programs that simulate ecosystems 70,000 times and the results are very worrying.
New research suggests 75% of the rainforest has become less resilient to stress since the early 2000s.
Humans have caused ecosystems to collapse on purpose for millennia, to grow food or build settlements. But unplanned collapses are a different matter.
Our findings have worrying implications for the functioning of our planet.
More intensive agriculture has reduced poverty, but China’s environment can’t handle the pressure.
Is it possible for humans to fulfil their needs without also destroying the environment? It’s a question we need to find an answer to soon, as the world’s poorer regions demand the same perks that come…
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