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    Explore how biodiversity loss and climate change create devastating feedback loops threatening Earth's web of life. Discover forest networks, coral collapse, and solutions that could reshape our planet's future.

    The Sixth Extinction: Biodiversity's Climate Crisis

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    We're looking at what scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction, but this time, we're the asteroid. We're losing species at hundreds or thousands of times the natural rate, and it’s not just about individual species disappearing—it’s about entire ecosystems unraveling.

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    The sixth extinction
    Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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    https://zenodo.org/records/6417333
    Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services
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    https://zenodo.org/records/3553579
    Major Threats to Biodiversity: Understanding and Mitigating ...
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    https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/eco-review/major-threats-to-biodiversity-understanding-and-mitigating-biodiversity-risks/
    Finding the Mother Tree
    Insight 4. Climate change and biodiversity loss amplify each other
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    https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70272090

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    Opening & The Scale of Our Crisis

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    Setting the Stage: Understanding Our Biodiversity Crisis

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