Movement of rivers, mountains, oceans and sediment nutrients at the geological timescale are the central drivers of Earth's biodiversity, research published in Nature has revealed. The research also ...

Livestock farmers on Santa Cruz reported links between biodiversity decline, deforestation, and expanding livestock ...

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Sequencing the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth is a strategy to foster better understanding, management and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Modern ocean biodiversity, which is at its highest level ever, was achieved through long-term stability of the location of so-called biodiversity hotspots, regions of especially high numbers of ...

A new study published in Frontiers in Science reveals a game-changing strategy to halt the ongoing mass extinction of Earth’s species. An international team of researchers has identified key areas ...

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) reintroduced a Half-Earth resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives today, which calls for protecting at least 50% of the land, freshwater, and ocean ecosystems in ...

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Half-Earth is the notion that for humans to survive, we must retain earth’s waning biodiversity by reserving half the planet for nature, stabilizing large swaths of ocean, prairie, rainforest and ...

A landmark study into the geological timescale distribution of sediment and nutrients over 500 million years shows that species biodiversity on Earth is driven by landscape dynamics. Movement of ...