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Berlin, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Global biodiversity has decreased between 2% and 11% during the 20th century as a result of land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study.
A comprehensive multi-model study published in Science, led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), reveals that global biodiversity decreased by 2% to 11% solely due to land-use changes in the 20th century.
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<p>Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in <em>Science</em>. Projections show climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century. </p> <p>The analysis was led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and is the largest modelling study of its kind to date. The researchers compared thirteen models for assessing the impact...
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