The 19th-century American naturalist Henry David Thoreau described the small freshwater lake at Walden as “Earth’s eye” – a measure of the complexity of ecological interactions. Our new research at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. New Zealand-based physicist & science journalist fascinated by cities In a new study published in Nature Cities, researchers have ...

For decades, scientists and conservationists have been using aboveground plant biodiversity as a metric for conserving ecosystems. Now, a new study finds that there is a major mismatch between ...

Less than 10% of biodiversity hotspots of mycorrhizal fungi occur in protected areas; 90% are in unprotected ecosystems The data powers a new interactive tool, called Underground Atlas, which allows ...

A new study maps areas designated for potential carbon dioxide removal projects, such as planting forests or bioenergy crops, that might conflict with biodiversity hotspots. Such climate strategies ...

Using more than 2.8 billion fungal sequences sampled from 130 countries, scientists map the biodiversity of Earth's underground mycorrhizal fungal communities. Scientists have released the world's ...