Ecosystems are showing symptoms of resilience loss
Abstract Ecosystems around the world are at risk of critical transitions due to increasing anthropogenic pressures and climate change. Yet it is unclear where the risks are higher or where in the world ecosystems are more vulnerable. Here I measure resilience of primary productivity proxies for mari...
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crioppubl:10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a8 2024-06-02T08:01:59+00:00 Ecosystems are showing symptoms of resilience loss Rocha, Juan C Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a8 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a8 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a8/pdf unknown IOP Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/text-and-data-mining Environmental Research Letters volume 17, issue 6, page 065013 ISSN 1748-9326 journal-article 2022 crioppubl https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a8 2024-05-07T13:57:19Z Abstract Ecosystems around the world are at risk of critical transitions due to increasing anthropogenic pressures and climate change. Yet it is unclear where the risks are higher or where in the world ecosystems are more vulnerable. Here I measure resilience of primary productivity proxies for marine and terrestrial ecosystems globally. Up to 29% of global terrestrial ecosystem, and 24% marine ones, show symptoms of resilience loss. These symptoms are shown in all biomes, but Arctic tundra and boreal forest are the most affected, as well as the Indian Ocean and Eastern Pacific. Although the results are likely an underestimation, they enable the identification of risk areas as well as the potential synchrony of some transitions, helping prioritize areas for management interventions and conservation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Tundra IOP Publishing Arctic Indian Pacific Environmental Research Letters 17 6 065013 |
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Abstract Ecosystems around the world are at risk of critical transitions due to increasing anthropogenic pressures and climate change. Yet it is unclear where the risks are higher or where in the world ecosystems are more vulnerable. Here I measure resilience of primary productivity proxies for marine and terrestrial ecosystems globally. Up to 29% of global terrestrial ecosystem, and 24% marine ones, show symptoms of resilience loss. These symptoms are shown in all biomes, but Arctic tundra and boreal forest are the most affected, as well as the Indian Ocean and Eastern Pacific. Although the results are likely an underestimation, they enable the identification of risk areas as well as the potential synchrony of some transitions, helping prioritize areas for management interventions and conservation. |
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Ecosystems are showing symptoms of resilience loss |
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Ecosystems are showing symptoms of resilience loss |
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Ecosystems are showing symptoms of resilience loss |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a8 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a8 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a8/pdf |
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Environmental Research Letters volume 17, issue 6, page 065013 ISSN 1748-9326 |
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