Biosphere

Biosphere Resources

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1. Coronavirus: Exploiting nature 'drives outbreaks of new diseases'

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52204724

2. The next pandemic is already coming, unless humans change how we interact with wildlife, scientists say

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/the-next-pandemic-is-already-coming-unless-humans-change-how-we-interact-with-wildlife-scientists-say/ar-BB12a8HL?li=BBqdg4K&ocid=BHEA000

3.  Jane Goodall Warns

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/jane-goodall-humanity-is-finished-if-it-fails-to-adapt-after-covid-19/ar-BB14Xnya

Our planet is facing many complex environmental challenges, including biodiversity loss and rapidly changing climate conditions, driven by intensifying human–nature interactions worldwide. Human actions cause global and regional changes, having profound impacts at local scales. Conversely, local-scale environmental changes can contribute to regional and global impacts. For example, the spread of invasive species is a global phenomenon driven primarily by trade and other human activities and can involve organisms traveling many thousands of miles to a new location. However, local-scale data on ecosystem dynamics and on how new organisms may adapt can help to guide the most appropriate responses to limit their spread. Similarly, at global and regional scales, human-caused climate change can lead to environmental shifts such as more frequent droughts that may impact the health of forests; conversely, forests may be able to mitigate the effects of climate change via carbon sequestration. Further, local changes in vegetation may drive local to regional changes in atmospheric circulation and create “ecoclimate teleconnections” over even larger scales.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. A Vision for Continental-Scale Biology: Research Across Multiple Scales. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27285.