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The Earth is a resilient planet, but people are altering it in ways that may take centuries to reverse.
All nations must ramp up efforts to preserve and restore their coastal regions – and the time to start is right now.
World-first research finds human disturbances, on average, restrict an animal’s movements by 37%, or increase it by 70%. That’s like needing to travel an extra 11 km to get to work each day.
Hundreds of archaeologists provided on-the-ground data from across the globe, providing a new view of the long and varied history of people transforming Earth’s environment.
July 29, 2019 is ‘Earth Overshoot Day,’ a date coined by the nonprofit Global Footprint Network to publicize overuse of Earth’s resources. But their estimates may actually understate the problem.
New research looked at human impacts on more than 5,000 threatened species and found that a quarter of them have almost nowhere left to go to escape from the threats posed by human development.
August 1, 2018 is ‘Earth Overshoot Day,’ a date coined by the nonprofit Global Footprint Network to publicize overuse of Earth’s resources. But their estimates actually understate the problem.
It’s becoming harder and harder for animals to find human-free spaces on the planet. New research suggests that to try to avoid people, mammals are shifting activity from the day to the nighttime.
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Michigan State University
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Assistant Professor of Planetary Health, Maastricht University
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Professor of Archaeology, University of Washington
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Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Research Affiliate in Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Professor of Marine Science, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Professor, Archaeology, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Researcher in Hydrology and Ecology, The University of Melbourne