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Anthropogenic biomes cascade<\/p>\n

Across natural networks,<\/p>\n

Swarming across this backdrop<\/p>\n

With assumed transcendence.<\/p>\n

Broken footprints disrupt<\/p>\n

Fractured ecologies;<\/p>\n

Disremembered territories<\/p>\n

Whose buried cycles<\/p>\n

Are trampled beneath the topsoil.<\/p>\n

Our treads scar the landscape,<\/p>\n

While conceited measurements of<\/p>\n

Their length, breadth, and tread<\/p>\n

Fail to catalogue the<\/p>\n

Consequence of each stride.<\/p>\n

Other biomes remain unranked<\/p>\n

By the wildlife they support,<\/p>\n

Serving instead as a<\/p>\n

Moving scale of human impact:<\/p>\n

Temperate grasslands,<\/p>\n

Mangroves,<\/p>\n

Mediterranean,<\/p>\n

Tundra.<\/p>\n

Yet even here, in the frozen forests<\/p>\n

Of sparse populations<\/p>\n

Our proud imprints can be felt;<\/p>\n

Transparent measurements<\/p>\n

Revealing the fragmentation<\/p>\n

Of habitat that lies exposed<\/p>\n

Beneath our feet.<\/p>\n

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Due to concerns over habitat fragmentation, wildlife crossings are starting to become increasingly common (Photo Credit: worldatlas.com).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This poem is inspired by recent research<\/a>, which has found that while much of the Earth’s land surface remains relatively wild, it is threatened by anthropogenic fragmentation.<\/p>\n

Habitat loss and fragmentation due to human activities is the leading cause for the loss of biodiversity and damage to natural ecosystems. The main response to halting and repairing this damage is through creating protected areas of land, which currently occupy around 15% of the Earth\u2019s land surface. However, it is thought that in order to prevent an ecological disaster, this figure needs to be closer to 50%. In order to assess the difficulties in achieving this figure it is first necessary to assess how much of Earth\u2019s land remains in a natural state.<\/p>\n

By creating a map of global human influence at a resolution of 1 km2<\/sup>, this new research has found that 56% of the terrestrial surface (minus permanent ice and snow), currently has low human impact, suggesting that these targets could be met in areas that are minimally impacted by people. However, by comparing these low impact areas to an idealised globe (i.e. one in which there is no human impact), it was found that the land in these areas is heavily fragmented, i.e. there is a subdivision of habitat into smaller and more isolated patches, which can lead to widespread, long-term changes in the composition and function of remaining habitat. When this habitat fragmentation is taken into consideration alongside current figures for habitat loss, this research demonstrates that the world\u2019s biodiversity and natural ecosystems are actually in worse condition than previously reported.<\/p>\n

An audio version of this poem can be heard here:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Natural-Fragmentation.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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