Global biodiversity has decreased by 2 % to 11 % over the last century due to land use changes. Climate change could exacerbate this trend and become the main driver of species extinction in the future, according to modeling results of a current study from Germany. Due to land use changes, global biodiversity decreased by 2 to 11 % in the 20th century. This follows from a model study by the German Center for Integrated Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). (AgE, more on schweizerbauer.ch)