Data and code: At-risk marine biodiversity faces extensive, expanding, and intensifying human impacts

This repository contains all code and generated data developed at: https://github.com/oharac/bd_chi Abstract of publication: Human activities and climate change threaten marine biodiversity worldwide, though sensitivity to these stressors varies considerably by species and taxonomic group. Mapping the spatial distribution of 14 anthropogenic stressors from 2003 to 2013 onto the ranges of 1,271 at-risk marine species sensitive to them, we find that on average species face potential impacts across 57% of their ranges; that footprint is expanding over time, and those impacts are intensifying across 37% of their ranges. While fishing activity dominates the footprint of impacts in national waters, climate stressors are driving the expansion and intensification of impacts. Mitigating impacts on at-risk biodiversity is critical to supporting resilient marine ecosystems, and identifying co-occurrence of impacts across multiple taxonomic groups highlights opportunities to amplify benefits of conservation management.