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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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NOV 23, 2020Earth & The Environment
An international collaboration between 27 researchers led by the University of Melbourne has concluded that over 4,400 s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 21, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study reported in the journal Current Biology showcases the first global map of bee diversity. Designed by a coll ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 27, 2020Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecology Letters has documented a consistent fall in biodiversity in the Amazon. The scient ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 11, 2020Plants & Animals
A team of researchers and personnel on military bases have reported in a project in which they looked for an emerging fu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2020Earth & The Environment
A new study from Penn State researchers reports that corals’ resiliency to climate change depends on environmental ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 27, 2020Plants & Animals
The image by Bastian Rast shows a Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Hapolpelma lividum), with brilliant cobalt blue hair-like setae ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2020Plants & Animals
Earlier this week, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) released the Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 (GBO- ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 13, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications reports on the global phosphorus shortage that the planet is ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Queensland have conducted the first-ever global mite biodiversity study and their fin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientists have concluded in successfully developing the first map illustrating the extent of human development in ocean ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 30, 2020Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2020Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Coral reefs are a significant source of biodiversity and may support up to 25% of life in the ocean. Corals around the w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2020Plants & Animals
In the wild, bees rely on the flora and fauna in their environment to survive. Networks of plants and their pollinators ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2020Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2020Earth & The Environment
Following the failure of the 10-year plan for conserving biodiversity to reach its 2020 goals, a team of scientists has ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 16, 2020Earth & The Environment
Plastics and microplastics are certainly not recent developments in ocean pollution. However, scientists continue to inv ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 16, 2020Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Conservation Letters highlights the importance of considering land-use history when ev ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 23, 2020
Earth & The Environment
An international collaboration between 27 researchers led by the University of Melbourne has concluded that over 4,400 s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study reported in the journal Current Biology showcases the first global map of bee diversity. Designed by a coll
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 27, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecology Letters has documented a consistent fall in biodiversity in the Amazon. The scient
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 11, 2020
Plants & Animals
A team of researchers and personnel on military bases have reported in a project in which they looked for an emerging fu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study from Penn State researchers reports that corals’ resiliency to climate change depends on environmental
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
The image by Bastian Rast shows a Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Hapolpelma lividum), with brilliant cobalt blue hair-like setae
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
Earlier this week, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) released the Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 (GBO-
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 13, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications reports on the global phosphorus shortage that the planet is
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Queensland have conducted the first-ever global mite biodiversity study and their fin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have concluded in successfully developing the first map illustrating the extent of human development in ocean
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 30, 2020
Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Coral reefs are a significant source of biodiversity and may support up to 25% of life in the ocean. Corals around the w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
In the wild, bees rely on the flora and fauna in their environment to survive. Networks of plants and their pollinators
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2020
Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Following the failure of the 10-year plan for conserving biodiversity to reach its 2020 goals, a team of scientists has
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Plastics and microplastics are certainly not recent developments in ocean pollution. However, scientists continue to inv
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Conservation Letters highlights the importance of considering land-use history when ev
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan