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Scientists warn of 'unsafe' decline in biodiversity
Posted in Featured, Science on 15th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Ecosystems depend on the biological diversity within them to function.
Evolution may have moved at a furious pace on a warmer Earth
Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Early life forms on Earth are likely to have mutated and evolved at much higher rates than they do today.
Earths biodiversity could be much greater than we thought
Posted in Science on 2nd Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
We might have managed to recognize only 2% of Earths biodiversity.
Life forms 'went large' a billion years ago
Posted in Science on 18th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
Life was already organising itself into large communities of cells more than a billion years ago, according to evidence from China.
Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species
Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd May, 2016
by Alex Muller
Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to the results of a new study.