biodiversity

Loss of ‘nitrogen fixers’ threatens biodiversity, ecosystems

Mississippi State University is part of a European-American collaboration studying how human activities, like fertilizer use and polluting, are impacting…

2 months ago

Scientists devise method to secure Earth’s biodiversity on the moon

New research led by scientists at the Smithsonian proposes a plan to safeguard Earth's imperiled biodiversity by cryogenically preserving biological…

5 months ago

Ecologists reconstruct the history of biodiversity in the Indo-Australian archipelago and its rise as a hotspot

The Coral Triangle, also known as the Indo-Australian Archipelago, is renowned for having the greatest marine biodiversity on our planet.…

6 months ago

Acidity of Antarctic waters could double by century’s end, threatening biodiversity

The acidity of Antarctica's coastal waters could double by the end of the century, threatening whales, penguins and hundreds of…

12 months ago

Decreasing biodiversity may promote spread of viruses

How are environmental changes, loss of biodiversity, and the spread of pathogens connected? The answer is a puzzle. Researchers from…

1 year ago