Earlier this week, a report on the state of the UK's nature was released. It makes for grim reading...
This is the latest in a series of reports exploring the steady decline in the UK's biodiversity, and the likely risks to other species as food chains and webs begin to break down. The decline in insects is vital, for example.
Here we present the data underpinning the State of Nature report. For the first time we are excited to include an interactive app (below) where you can explore the data in more detail, at a UK and country scale. We also include the metadata file with the full references and a guide to interpretation of the data and data files to download.
Some headline figures:
Download the infographic from here.
Humanity has now impacted every part of the Earth System
— Professor Mark Maslin 𝕏 🙄 (@ProfMarkMaslin) September 28, 2023
Atmospheric carbon dioxide ⏫ >50% and methane ⏫ >150% since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
We have warmed the planet by 1.2˚C
All due to capitalism, colonialism and global consumer culture.#Anthropocene pic.twitter.com/vDxBWLdE0d
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