Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century‚ analysis suggests
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Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century‚ analysis suggests

Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone‚ according to a large multi-model study published in Science. Projections show climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century.