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Biodiversity
Biodiversity: the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Terrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth, and is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 per cent of earth's surface, and contain about 90 percent of the world's species.
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JUN 29, 2025Genetics & Genomics
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JUN 29, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are thought to have walked out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, and they kept going until they reached e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What influence do global environmental stressors have on the ability of an ecosystem to withstand these stresses and reb
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 21, 2024
Plants & Animals
How does habitat diversity influence biodiversity and food webs? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 05, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Could we store samples of Earth’s endangered biodiversity on the Moon for long-term preservation? This is what a r
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to learn more about the exact factors that promote the spread of disease, in part because that wil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can murky waters from melting ice impact the biodiversity in shallow waters? This is what a recent study published i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Is there a historic connection between climate change and animal extinction? This is what a study published today in Sci
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2024
Plants & Animals
How could solar energy facilities contribute to insect populations? This is what a recent study published in Environment
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 09, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in AGU Advances examines how the conservation and protection of two Alaskan forests, Tongass an
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 13, 2023
Microbiology
There is so much we don't know about microbes, even while these organisms are the most numerous on the planet. A rec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Some scientists have suggested that a sixth mass extinction is underway on Earth. A new study has confirmed those findin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Freshwater ecosystems are a crucial part of the world's climate; they provide a habitat for a wide variety of plants and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Science found that adult trees in tropical forests are subject to forces resulting in greate
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
JUL 25, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Ecological Applications examines how certain bird species are coping on 44 privately-owned a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how movements throughout the 36
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 17, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the University of Zurich and Pennsylvania State University have found that warmer temperatures are corre
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
JUN 13, 2023
Microbiology
Human activities often put people in close contact with wild animals. Research has shown that relationship can promote a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study provides evidence against the longstanding belief that imposing fishing bans in large areas of the ocean
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 29, 2023
Microbiology
Microbes are vital partners for many species. There are gut microbiomes in a huge number of animals, for example, which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Defaunation is the loss or decline of animal species around the world, a phenomenon which is accelerating in recent year
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 19, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Agriculture is changing in today’s world, as farms experience a decline in number accompanying increasing farm siz
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 02, 2023
Plants & Animals
How does urban honeybee-keeping impact wild bee populations? This is what a recent study published in Peerj hopes to add
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc