BeanStem on Mythryl: “Yeah, this isn't super new but it's good that we have #science to…”

Yeah, this isn't super new but it's good that we have #science to support it now Basically this is saying losing a few species doesn't necessarily cause collapse, but it does significantly affect how resilient an #ecosystem is You can take out a kidney, but that doesn't mean you're "totally fine"

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 overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind.

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