Biodiversity research and conservation efforts may be missing half the world's species
Our understanding of the biodiversity on Earth is unbalanced and biased towards certain species within the Tree of Life, according to a new study.
Our understanding of the biodiversity on Earth is unbalanced and biased towards certain species within the Tree of Life, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2023
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Birds likely hold smart insights about coexisting in popular habitats, especially as climate change looms. But tapping into that knowledge has a big hurdle: knowing how numerous birds live successfully together in vast environments.
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2023
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A new study mapping the potential scale of forest restoration globally shows that prioritizing 1.5 billion hectares of degraded forest—an area almost the size of Russia—could significantly boost effectiveness of meeting ...
Ecology
Aug 15, 2023
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A radical shift in our relationship with the environment is needed and it is time we intervene in the extinction crisis, experts say.
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2023
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Brazilian researchers combined environmental physical, social and economic indicators to create an index that measures a region's vulnerability and used it to analyze the basins of the Parnaíba River and São Francisco River ...
Environment
Aug 10, 2023
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The study, led by the Senckenberg Institute and published in the journal Nature, examined invertebrate biodiversity in river systems across 22 European countries and found that additional measures are needed to revive the ...
Ecology
Aug 10, 2023
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Climate change goals set out in the Paris Agreement are only economically reasonable if non-market factors such as human health and loss of biodiversity are prioritized, according to a new study published by Dr. Taikan Oki, ...
Environment
Jul 31, 2023
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Understanding the factors that influence large mammal habitat use and their spatio-temporal response to human disturbance plays a crucial role in wildlife conservation and management. However, this knowledge is still limited ...
Ecology
Jul 28, 2023
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A Charles Darwin University (CDU) study shows for the first time how animal biodiversity can be measured for assessing how well an ecosystem has been restored.
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2023
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Deep in the tropical Andes are hiding plants that were discovered and then forgotten; plants that we knew almost nothing about. Now, thanks to the combined efforts of botanists from Germany, Ecuador, Peru and Costa Rica and ...
Plants & Animals
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