Published in Nature Sustainability · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers found that direct urban expansion leads to significant habitat destruction, but the broader environmental impacts of urbanization are much greater, with climate change and land-use change driving global biodiversity loss. The study highlights the need for more research on indirect effects in developing countries.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Urban growth causes more biodiversity loss outside of cities German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig · Dec 9, 2019 · first to report
- Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity -- a global overview McGill University · Dec 9, 2019