Humans have conquered almost every part of the planet, and now a new study revealed that only a fifth of ice-free land on Earth is free from human interference. Now, a group of researchers from the University of California analyzed four separate maps depicting global human influence across the world between 2009 and 2015. The researchers described areas of very low human influence as land that comprises low-density populations of indigenous races. The study indicates that we will continue to lose natural landscapes and overall human influence is increasing globally.
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