India, Feb. 12 -- Even though climate change is speeding up, ecosystems are changing more slowly, not faster. Short-term species turnover has slowed in many ecosystems over the past century despite accelerating climate change according to a new study published in Nature Communications on February 3, 2026.

'Turnover' is defined as the rate at which species exit and are replaced by others within ecological communities.

Researchers from Queen Mary University, London, UK analysed biodiversity surveys from land, freshwater, and marine habitats over the last century. They found that species turnover over short time intervals (1-5 years) has decelerated in significantly more communities during the last 100 years than it has accelerated, typica...