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Science & Tech News tagged with biodiversity

Biodiversity Loss Accelerating, UN Target Will Be Missed
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, humans, biodiversity, habitat, discovery )

Simone
- 44 days ago - ens-newswire.com
The world will not achieve its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, the International Year of Biodiversity, say experts in Cape Town for a science conference on the variety, abundance and conservation of plants and animals.
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Scorpion Biodiversity Seen In 'Evolution Canyon'
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, scorpions, biodiversity, study, diversity )

Dee
- 222 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Scorpions possess resistance to high temperatures and the ability to conserve water for long periods of time, and as a result thrive in hot and arid parts of the world. But is this global distribution also seen at a more local level?
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Alien Life 'May Exist Among Us'
Science & Tech  (tags: Life forms, biological genesis, biodiversity, intrasteller seeding, deep ocean life forms, marine biology, alien species, "shadow life, " ecological isolation )

Rooibos
- 282 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Never mind Mars, alien life may be thriving right here on Earth, a major science conference has heard. Our planet may harbour forms of "weird life" unrelated to life as we know it, according to Professor Paul Davies, a physicist at Arizona State Unive
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Moving Up: Climate Change Forces Species to Higher Elevations
Science & Tech  (tags: Science, Technology, animals, biodiversity, climate change, environment, global warming )

Scarlett
- 304 days ago - treehugger.com
Mount Kinabalu on the island of Borneo is a major center of biodiversity. The large range of elevation creates unique habitat conditions from lower to higher elevations, leading to a rich diversity of life.
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Nature Reserves Attract Humans, But At A Cost To Biodiversity
Science & Tech  (tags: biodiversity, humans, nature, study )

Ingrid
- 506 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Rather than suppressing local communities in developing nations, nature reserves attract human settlement, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Hawaiian Plant, Thought To Be Newcomer, Actually Shaped Ecology Of The Islands From The Beginning
Science & Tech  (tags: ecology, biodiversity, hawaii )

Ingrid
- 587 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have discovered data that suggests one of Hawaii's most dominant plants, Metrosideros, has been a resident of the islands far longer than previously believed.
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Cooling of Unique Arctic Biodiversity Vault Begins
Science & Tech  (tags: artic, biodiversity, preservation, seeds, crops, food, Norway )

Eduardo
- 740 days ago - news.webindia123.com
Work on cooling an underground vault that will preserve seeds of vital food crops from around the world for up to 1,000 years has begun in an arctic archipelago off Norway.
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After 250 Years of Classifying Life, 90 Percent Remains Unknown
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, plants, minerals, species, life, Earth, ecosystem, science, scientists, study, world, biologists, biodiversity, research )

Laurel
- 743 days ago - news.yahoo.com
BRONX, NEW YORK--Most people can tell the difference between some types of berries, or bugs or trees, but much of the planet's life remains unnamed and unseen.
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Study: Plant-Animal Diversity Is Dwindling
Science & Tech  (tags: plant, animal, genetic diversity, species diversity, biodiversity )

Eduardo
- 791 days ago - upi.com
A U.S. study suggested that human activities are eliminating the biological diversity in plants and animals at an unprecedented rate. This is one of the first studies to show that genetic diversity and species diversity depend on each other.
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