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Decline in Biodiversity May Lead to Mass Extinction

An international research team working at UCSB’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis recently published a study detailing the impact of biodiversity loss as a result of climate change and pollution in the weekly science journal Nature. Researchers integrated data from over 200 published studies to trace the effects [...]

Organisms such as species of Spirogyra, pictured above, were used to determine how biodiversity affected the processing of nitrates within a model system to better understand how nature deals with pollutants.
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Species Variance Helps Remove Water Pollutants

A study completed and authored by former UCSB biologist Bradley J. Cardinale confirms biodiversity as the driver of nutrient uptake in streams — a process which acts as the ecosystem’s natural cleaning system. Performed at UCSB’s stream flume facility, the study shows that streams with more biodiversity have a positive [...]

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Eminent Sociobiologist To Discuss Biodiversity at UCSB

Renowned biologist Edward Osborne Wilson will lecture on the importance of environmental preservation and biodiversity tonight at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.