biodiversity

Nature’s Warning: Early Signs in Marine Life That Predict the Next Mass Extinction

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Researchers have used a detailed global dataset of foraminifera fossils to study shifts in marine community structures before mass extinctions, providing an early warning system for future biodiversity losses due to climate change. Led by Anshuman Swain and Adam Woodhouse, the study highlights the importance of monitoring ecological changes to predict future extinctions, potentially shaping … Read more

How worms fueled Earth’s biodiversity explosion

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain × close to Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain One of the most consequential bursts of biodiversity on Earth—a thirty-million-year period of explosive evolutionary change that spawned countless new species—may owe its humblest of creatures to this crucial … Read more