Study reports on declines in ecosystem productivity fueled by nitrogen-induced species loss
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
Humans have been affecting their environment since the ancestors of Homo sapiens first walked upright, but never has their impact been more detrimental than in the 21st century. "The loss of biodiversity has much greater and more profound ecosystem impacts than had ever been imagined," said David Tilman, professor of ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at UC Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.