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Kew Gardens in race to collect and preserve Madagascar's seeds
Scientists are racing against time to create a backup of Madagascar’s famously rich and varied flora in a British seed bank before it is lost forever. The Indian ocean country is known as a biodiversity hotspot with 13,000 plant species, 90% of which are unique to the island and found nowhere Read More...
"Small farmers are foundation to food security, not corporations"
May 22 has been declared International Biodiversity Day by the United Nations. It gives us an opportunity to become aware of the rich biodiversity that has been evolved by our farmers as co-creators with nature. It also provides an opportunity to acknowledge the threats to our biodiversity and our Read More...
Solar farms offer biodiversity boost, study finds
Industry-backed study finds fields with solar arrays increase plant and bird diversity and have greater numbers of butterflies and bumblebees Solar farms can significantly improve local biodiversity, delivering benefits to wildlife and potentially even surrounding crops, according to a new Read More...
Coral reefs highlight the key role of existing biodiversity for climate change adaptation
New research on coral reefs led by the University of Southampton suggests that existing biodiversity will be essential for the successful adaptation of ecosystems to climate change. About 25% of all marine biodiversity depends on coral reefs, the three-dimensional calcareous framework laid down by Read More...
3D printed coral reefs in Monaco help preserve and save marine biodiversity
In sad yet un-surprising news earlier this month, scientists confirmed that the third-ever global bleaching of coral reefs is under way, and that it could be the biggest coral die-off in history. Those beautiful, multicolor calcium carbonate structures that line our ocean floors don’t just Read More...
Biodiversity stabilizes ecosystems during climate extremes
Can biodiversity help protect ecosystems from extreme conditions? That question is much on the minds of scientists and policy makers as a changing climate brings more wildly swinging conditions at the same time human activities reduce the number of species available to produce food and oxygen and Read More...
Scientists learn to listen when it comes to assessing rainforest health
In the fight to protect the extraordinary biodiversity of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests, some conservationists are collecting a unique set of data: the sounds of the forest. Scientists with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Princeton University are using acoustic sampling recorders in the Read More...
France wants to fight climate change by increasing carbon levels in soil
Scientists are searching high and low for ways to reduce the amount of carbon in the air to halt the onset of climate change. The French believe the answer lies in the soil beneath our feet. The carbon cycle is a fundamental part of life on earth. Soil has the natural ability to store more carbon Read More...
Farming for the Future
Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser are not your typical farmers. They turned their plot of land into an unusual field experiment, leading to much higher yields and much higher earnings. What are their secrets? One afternoon in March, on Singing Frogs Farm, a small vegetable operation that Paul and Read More...
Climate change will bring greater biodiversity to world seas
Tropical marine animals that currently thrive in warm habitats around the equator will have to spread north and south to avoid extinction as global sea temperatures rise, a study has found. Scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), alongside international partners, modelled Read More...