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Global analysis finds nature's capacity to bounce back from extinction is overestimated

The largest global study of its kind reveals that ecosystems' ability to recover from species loss is vastly overestimated, challenging the idea that biodiversity has ample backup.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 6 Oct 2026 · updated 3h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 6 Oct 2026. Spotlight news only published first, on 6 October at 09:00 UTC; New Scientist followed 30h 00m later. The most recent article, from New Scientist, appeared on 7 October at 15:00 UTC.

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  1. Why rediscovering extinct species can actually be a bad thing New Scientist
  2. Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds Spotlight news only

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