biodiversity
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Environment
Balance between EU biodiversity and timber-based bioeconomics
Changes in country-by-country yields in 2100 for three conservation scenarios compared to 2020. Credit: Global Environmental Change (2025). doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.102986 The European Union’s biodiversity strategy in 2030 aims to stop biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems, but what does this mean for European timber supply? In the new study, researchers will look at how different modes of implementing strategy conservation goals…
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Biology
Gathering-level conservation: a new approach to stop the biodiversity crisis
Single species, assembly level, and ecosystem level conservation. Credit: Nature Reviews Biodiversity (2025). doi:10.1038/s44358-024-00014-9 What if saving one animal species at a time from extinction is not the most effective approach? Michael Belitz, a postdoctoral researcher at Zipkin Quantitative Ecology Lab at Michigan State University, asked questions about protecting single butterfly species during his graduate work. When studying species-level conservation,…
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Biology
Urban ponds as an oasis of biodiversity
All samples taken in the Stockholm pond have been carefully classified and analyzed. Credit: Daniel Olson A pond lined with flowering waterfalls and shaded trees, the pond can provide a peaceful break from the stress of everyday life for those sitting on benches in the park next to it. In addition to promoting happiness, ponds are important for collecting rainwater.…
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Biology
Dog Hunting for Oregon’s Hidden Truffle Biodiversity with Brother Scientists
Heather Dawson, a doctoral student at the University of Oregon, tracks a variety of dishes and non-skinned truffles in the Pacific Northwest with the help of a truffle dog. Credit: Chris Larsen The wobble tail is a universal sign of a happy dog, especially for a rusty golden retriever named rye. It is his “teltail” signal where he found the…
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Biology
Ghanakocoa cultivation research finds a sustainability certificate and increases income, but is not biodiversity.
Before the producer sells them, the cocoa beans are dry outside. Credit: MarleneWätzold Sustainability certificates such as FairTrade, RainForest Alliance, and Cocoa Life promise to improve the livelihood of small cocoa producers while maintaining the biodiversity of plantation. Along with the European Commission’s Joint Research Center, researchers at Gettingen University investigated whether the sustainability certificate actually achieved these goals. To…
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Science
Burn the grassland to maintain them: How does it use it for biodiversity?
In a paper published in plants, people, planets, and Asada aerialism, the grasslands of the young lava flow are more abundant, red legs, and redlisted in both the grasslands in both old scorpion bedrocks. It is reported that it shows the disease rate of plant species. Credit: Asada Airi When the meadow is abandoned, controlled combustion is discussed as a…
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An area without ice is covered in the biodiversity database in Antarctica.
Geographic coverage: Total number of biological records from an Antarctic database without ice in Antarctica without ice. Credit: Diversity and distribution (2024). Doi: 10.1111/DDI.13909 Australian Antarctica scientists released the most comprehensive databases of species living in Antarctica -free areas after 16 years of research. More than 200 years ago, more than 35,600 records are integrated into one central location. The…
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Biology
Researchers combine citizen support and cutting-edge technology to track biodiversity
Tardigrades have become an invasive pest, threatening fruit and vegetable crops in Europe. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are using new technologies such as AI and the contributions of citizen scientists to improve the way we monitor and protect increasingly threatened habitats and species across Europe. In 1998, an insect woke up in a new world in a small park…
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Citizen’s quest to find starfish along the San Diego coast helps scientists better understand biodiversity
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The last week of the year brings low tides to the San Diego coastline, giving tide collectors another chance this month to join a statewide quest to find sea stars, also known as starfish. The Solstice Sea Star Search along the California coast is an effort by the California Academy of Sciences to track starfish populations…
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What is a unit of nature? New framework highlights challenges for biodiversity credit market
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ecologists have devised a new framework for classifying how biodiversity credit operators define units of nature. New analysis shows the challenges involved in devising a biodiversity credit market to finance nature restoration, and the risks of over-reliance on ‘offsets’. Nature conservation faces an estimated $700 billion annual funding gap to halt and begin reversing global biodiversity…
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