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. 2023 Feb 21;120(8):e2205512120.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2205512120. Epub 2023 Feb 15.

Human responses to climate change will likely determine the fate of biodiversity

Jedediah F Brodie  1   2 , James E M Watson  3   4
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Human responses to climate change will likely determine the fate of biodiversity

Jedediah F Brodie et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Although not directly attributable to climate change, the plight of Rohingya refugees, seen here building makeshift shelters in Bangladesh in 2017, illustrates how climate-induced human population displacements could affect biodiversity. When local residents won’t accept influxes of “foreigners” into their communities, any remaining natural areas in the vicinity could be targeted for land conversion and development to support these displaced persons. Image credit: Shutterstock/Sk Hasan Ali.
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The widespread ramifications of climate change are already having complex knock-on effects on biodiversity. Image credit: Map from NASA Earth Observations team based on data provided by the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center and the MODIS Land Science Team. Adapted from by Lucy Reading-Ikkanda (artist).
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