Posts Tagged ‘biodiversity’

Biodiversity and Disease

Thursday, April 11th, 2013
diseases, biodiversity, pathogens, viruses, ecosystems, habitats, economy, shannon bennett

How does biodiversity affect human health? Can we put a price tag on it?

Biodiverse Perspectives

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
biodiversity, dimensions, perspectives, NSF, national science foundation, species, ecosystems

We’re running out of time to find and discover all the species on Earth and the benefits they provide. Here’s a clever way to speed the process up!

189 New Species

Monday, January 28th, 2013
nudibranchs, ants, sharks, fish, academy research, terry gosliner, biodiversity, species, count

Meet some of the new species that Academy researchers discovered last year.

Arthropods and Biodiversity

Monday, December 17th, 2012
insects, biodiversity, beetles, forests, rainforests, arthropods

What influences biodiversity? A staggering number of arthropods.

Biodiversity Informatics

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Forest_on_San_Juan_Island

Conservation depends on this practice…

Biodiversity in Streams

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
stream-algae

Biologically diverse algae cleanup streams!

Will There Be Fish in 2050?

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Coral_reefs_in_papua_new_guinea

Yes… but the ocean and its population will be very different.

Science in 2010

Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Washing_oiled_Gannet–Close

2010 was a roller coaster year for science news—think exoplanets, synthetic-life, arsenic-eating bacteria (or not!), earthquakes, volcanoes and of course, the Gulf oil spill.

Species Loss and Human Health

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Em_wnvirus_j7908i

The loss of a species, from beneficial bacteria to charismatic mammals, can be devastating to the planet, and, according to a new study, harmful to human health.

Describing Earth’s Species

Monday, November 22nd, 2010
treegrow

A group of scientists is proposing to identify and describe all the Earth’s species in the next 50 years. Why? Is it possible?

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