Biodiversity

Shockingly Little Research on Major Threats to Earth

Shockingly Little Research on Major Threats to Earth

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A comprehensive review has uncovered a significant research gap in understanding the links between biodiversity loss, global pandemics, and climate change. With ...

“An Astounding 20 Feet Long”– Scientists Discover New Species of Giant Snake in the Remote Amazon

“An Astounding 20 Feet Long”– Scientists Discover New Species of Giant Snake in the Remote Amazon

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists have discovered a new species of giant anaconda, the northern green anaconda, in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The discovery was made during ...

Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities

Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Overview We used repeated census data from 23 large forest sites around the globe (Fig. 1) to analyse latitudinal patterns in stabilizing ...

Decoupling speciation and extinction reveals both abiotic and biotic drivers shaped 250 million years of diversity in crocodile-line archosaurs

Decoupling speciation and extinction reveals both abiotic and biotic drivers shaped 250 million years of diversity in crocodile-line archosaurs

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Allan, R. P. Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental ...