Biodiversity hot spots — the world’s biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth — and high biodiversity wilderness areas — biologically rich but less threatened — are some of the most linguistically diverse regions on our planet, according to a team of conservationists.
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Mercury: a new culprit in end-Permian mass extinction event
Volcanic eruptions have already been appointed as the main culprit of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Previous research indicated that the resulting rise in atmospheric and oceanic carbon lead to the Great dying. But new findings in the journal Geology point to a … Continue reading
Climate change likely also driver of lesser extinction events, linked to mammal disappearances
NASA: climate change leads to enormous ecosystem shifts – 40% of biomes flip this century
Under climate shift marine species face similar migratory distances as land species – and not always a refuge
Job accomplished – last Vietnamese rhino poached – annamiticus subspecies extinct
When we speak of biodiversity decline we usually prefer to zoom out to get the big picture. Sometimes however reality forces you to stand still and take time to commemorate an individual case. Once Rhinoceros sondaicus or the Javan rhinoceros … Continue reading
Study shows binary switches between forest, savanna, desert: macro-scale climate-biodiversity tipping points
Researchers of Wageningen University find in South America, Africa and Australia under climatic change forest, savanna and treeless systems don’t gradually phase across, but rather tip over.