CUHK-led breakthrough rewrites evolutionary biology to pave way for pollution-neutral agriculture
Discovery published in PNAS reveals free-living soil bacteria’s nitrogen-fixing mechanism, offering eco-friendly biofertiliser alternative for global …
Category: Protecting Biodiversity
Australia’s first national database of mycorrhizal fungi reveals hidden biodiversity beneath our feet
Western Sydney University researchers have led the development of Australia’s first national database of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, mapping th…
Significant funding to investigate the links between biodiversity and soil health
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme has awarded 10 million euros in funding to a research project led by the University of Helsinki to inv…
Amazon’s Biocultural Heritage Under Greater Threat Than Expected
Indigenous cultures in the Amazon region will lose up to one-third of the native plant species they use due to climate change. In addition, biocultura…
Protecting Pacific Taro: USP Researcher Tackles Climate Challenges
As rising temperatures threaten one of the Pacific’s most treasured staple foods, a University of the South Pacific researcher is racing to deve…
Nature’s hidden connections: Waikato University study reveals what keeps ecosystems healthy
New international research has found that healthy ecosystems depend on more than just having lots of species, they rely on the complex relationships b…
Climate change-fuelled landslides push rarest great ape closer to extinction
New research involving scientists from Nottingham Trent University reveals that climate change-driven extreme rainfall and landslides in Sumatra have …
ESA Mission to Explore Understory Biodiversity
What if satellites could finally see what’s happening beneath the forest canopy? New research involving the University of Zurich and the European Spac…