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Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plants on land

To stay within safe planetary boundaries, humans should only use around 10 per cent of the biomass produced each year by plants on land, but we are currently way above that level

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The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful

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The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful

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The US is doing its biggest-ever survey of nature and wildlife

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One third of all vertebrate species are exploited by humans

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The Auchencorth Moss air quality monitoring station in Scotland (credit: National Physical Laboratory / Local Site Operator)

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Air pollution monitors have been accidentally harvesting wildlife DNA

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We’ve been drastically underestimating Earth’s microbial diversity

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5000 species not known elsewhere live in area set for deep-sea mining

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380 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong Region EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01GMT May 22 Calotes goetzi The Cambodian blue-crested agma, an aggressive lizard that changes color as a defensive mechanism ? Henrik Bringsoe

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Hundreds of species new to science discovered in South-East Asia

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Insects are thriving in England's rivers after fall in metal pollution

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A pair of Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoises on Isabela Island in the Galapagos archipelago

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Galapagos giant tortoise argument may threaten conservation efforts

How many distinct species of Galapagos giant tortoises are there? The latest genetic study says at least five, disputing previous work, and the answer could have implications for their conservation

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The shocking decline of Earth’s microbiome – and how to save it

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Farmland could feed 20 billion people but it might wreck the planet

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Squid fishing is booming in unregulated parts of the ocean

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What is the UN high seas treaty and will it save the world’s oceans?

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