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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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Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
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UFZ researchers Prof. Andreas Huth and Dr. Rico Fischer led a new study in collaboration with the Helmholtz Centre for E ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2017Videos
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JAN 11, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Do you believe your grocery stores when the products they’re selling say “organic” or “sustainab
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 05, 2018
Technology
Microsoft's AI for Earth, a program with the goal of using AI to address environmental challenges, launched six months b
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 05, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Secretary of the interior, Ryan Zinke, has the responsibility of protecting our country’s national parks and monum
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 02, 2018
Plants & Animals
Scientists fear the worst for Jamaican habitats as an invasive tree species called Pittosporum undulatum (more colloquia
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 25, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have been working to try to understand how microorganisms and small animals in soil affect the release of ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2017
Technology
LAB-IN-A-BOX portable DNA barcoding kit makes quick species identification possible within a few hours.
Written By:
Julia Travers
OCT 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We are only just starting to understand the impacts of the hurricanes that plundered the southern United States and Puer
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Durian is a favorite fruit in Asia, nicknamed the king of fruits. It has a legendary, pungent aroma.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Okay, so let’s admit it: we know very little about the depths of our oceans. But staring straight into the face of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A forest reserve in Malaysia offers the perfect example of how biodiversity can thrive even in the smallest of territori
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In a new study published on Aug. 16 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, a team of scientists relay the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Princeton University, and Sun
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the word “shark” is a large fish with massive teeth that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
In many freshwater lakes around the world, carp are a common sight. These bottom-feeding fish can grow anywhere between
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 09, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We are always hearing about how the ocean’s health is in peril. However, what does that really mean? Are all of th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Amazon River Basin, which contains 20% of the world’s freshwater and covers more than 6.1 million square kilom
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 12, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
As I learned during an ecology lab in college, biodiversity assessment is currently the most effective and accepted meth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2017
Earth & The Environment
UFZ researchers Prof. Andreas Huth and Dr. Rico Fischer led a new study in collaboration with the Helmholtz Centre for E
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2017
Videos
Deep into the swaths of Colombia's hidden rain forests in the province of Meta near to the Serrania de la Macarena there
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Videos
Environmental conservation is often looked at as a juxtaposition from pro-economy development. But that idea is hardly t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 07, 2017
Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch