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ArticleNature communications2026

Europe's land take and the loss of nature and cropland to artificial surfaces.

Zander Samuel Venter, Bálint Czúcz, Anne Linn Kumano-Ensby, Léopold Salzenstein, Trond Simensen, Ruben Solvang, Mads Nyborg Støstad

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zander Samuel VenterNorwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, Oslo, Norway. zander.venter@nina.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2638-7162
Bálint CzúczNorwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, Oslo, Norway.
Anne Linn Kumano-EnsbyNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Oslo, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-0475-1498
Léopold SalzensteinArena for Journalism in Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Trond SimensenNorwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, Oslo, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7022-1349
Ruben SolvangNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Oslo, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-3671-9158
Mads Nyborg StøstadNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Oslo, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-4516-545X

Funding

Norges Forskningsråd (Research Council of Norway) 160022/F40
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The expansion of artificial surfaces, also known as land take, is a major contributor to habitat loss and biodiversity decline. Using high-resolution satellite data, we find that between 2018 and 2023 Europe lost 912 ± 74 km

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PMCPMC13247041

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