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New York Times: Most species will go extinct before they are ever discovered -- or so some researchers believe. It is something that conservationists agonize over at professional meetings and in scientific papers. But the situation may not be so hopeless after all, one team argues. Naming all of earth’s species is an endeavor well within science’s grasp, they say, if only researchers will focus their efforts.
In a paper published in Science, the team delivers good news in three-fold. Taxonomy, or the branch of......
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A Rallying Cry for Naming All Species on Earth
Posted by New York Times: Rachel Nuwer on January 24th, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation