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What is nature's capacity to 'bounce-back' when species are lost?
A new study from @kings-sga.bsky.social & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social found that ecosystems have less spare capacity than thought, raising concerns for food security, pollination & climate storage.
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Nature's capacity to 'bounce-back' when species are lost vastly overestimated | King's College London
The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of back-up, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated according to the largest global study of its kind.
