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A Global System for Monitoring Ecosystem Service Change

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Earth's life-support systems are in flux, yet no centralized system to monitor and report these changes exists. Recognizing this, 77 nations agreed to establish the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). The GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)…

Why termites build such enormous skyscrapers?

There is a new theory to explain why termites build such tall mounds – and it suggests architects could take inspiration from the tiny insects

The changing form of Antarctic biodiversity

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Antarctic biodiversity is much more extensive, ecologically diverse and biogeographically structured than previously thought. Understanding of how this diversity is distributed in marine and terrestrial systems, the mechanisms underlying its spatial…