REDORBIT: New evidence that biodiversity promotes water quality suggests that accelerating species losses may compromise water quality
Frequent reports of accelerating species losses invariably raise questions about why such losses matter and why we should work to conserve biodiversity.
Biologists have traditionally responded to such questions by citing societal benefits that are often presumed to be offered by biodiversity--benefits like controlling pests and diseases, promoting the productivity of......
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Precedent-Setting Evidence Of The Benefits Of Biodiversity
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 7th, 2011
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