Study reveals ‘untapped biodiversity’ in the bathroom, on your toothbrush and shower head
In a new study, samples taken from shower heads and toothbrushes included more than 600 different viruses – and no ...
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Soil pollution surpasses climate change as main threat to underground biodiversity, study finds
Soil organisms can live anywhere, from the surface to much deeper, from millipedes like Polydesmus to insects and microbes. Credit: ...
How a salt giant radically reshaped Mediterranean marine biodiversity
Marine sediments containing numerous fossils dating from the Late Miocene, approximately 8 to 7 million years ago. Fish otoliths, bivalve ...
Analysis spanning several centuries suggests that biodiversity differentiates and homogenizes to a comparable extent
The Louisiana crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), native to northern Mexico and the southeastern United States, is an example of a species ...
Dishes made from meat, legumes or rice tend to have a greater footprint on biodiversity, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Dishes like Brazilian steak and Indian red bean curry have a particularly large footprint, or impact ...
Conversion of rainforest to plantations impacts food webs and biodiversity, study finds
Energy distribution among birds, earthworms and arthropods in rainforest food webs in above-ground and below-ground compartments. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: ...
Measurement uncertainty could block global biodiversity targets
Conceptual diagram of the trend assessment process. Monitoring produces time series of trends in abundance for many populations around the ...
Researchers identify human activities as factors in biodiversity decline in central Mexico reserves
Average evolution of the species richness of 31 biological guilds over the last 30 years in the reserves studied. Values ...
Researchers use satellites to analyze global reef biodiversity
Generation of dynamic habitat windows in Fulaga Atoll (Fiji). In this example, the habitat windows covered 10, 100 and 500 ...
Seabed monitoring for biodiversity management
Data acquisition techniques used to generate geomorphometric maps of habitats. Credit: Frontiers of Marine Science (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1302108 Global marine ...
