The silver bullet theory, which suggests that one single factor, such as the use of the herbicide glyphosate, is responsible for the decline of biodiversity, has been debunked by a new study. The research, conducted by an international team of scientists, concluded that the silver bullet theory is too simple to explain the loss of biodiversity around the world.

The study, published in Nature Communications, found that the decline of biodiversity is a result of multiple factors, including land-use change, climate change, and pollution. It also revealed that the use of glyphosate does not appear to be the primary driver of biodiversity loss, as previously suggested by some research. Instead, it found that other factors, such as habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change, and pollution are more important in driving biodiversity decline. The researchers concluded that the silver bullet theory is too simplistic to explain the complexity of global biodiversity loss.

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source: Phys.org