Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds

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What happened

The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of backup, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:01 UTC.

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