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  "id": 16259363,
  "title": "Habitat explains Finnish animal distributions better than climate, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/habitat-explains-finnish-animal-distributions-better-than-climate",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-24T01:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-habitat-finnish-animal-climate.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers at the University of Helsinki wanted to understand which is the dominant factor for species occurrence and abundance: the climate or habitat-related variables, such as their natural state and the share of land shaped by human activity. Solutions to mitigate biodiversity loss depend on the answer to this question.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}