Mga pagtatantya ng Global Species Diversity

This recent article in the American Naturalist has taken a second look at some of the famously inflated species estimates, some going high as 100 million (Erwin, 1988). Estimates conducted by the authors indicate that projections above 30 million have probabilities of <0.00001. Their estimated range is more likely to be between 2.5 at . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Mga pagtatantya ng Global Species Diversity

Happy Earth Day

With a great message from Bill Nye, the Science Guy.

We need to be conservationists to be sure, preserving wetlands, forests, open spaces and coastlines. We need to reduce our wasteplastic trash and the like. But what we really need is big, new ideas: new ways to distribute and store energy for . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Happy Earth Day

Off gamit ang kanilang mga ulo!

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The monarchs have started their spring migration north and you might even see one soon (Hindi kapana-panabik na kung nakatira ka sa FL o HI kung saan man mayroong buong taon residente, o sa CA kung saan may mga nakahiwalay na overwintering spot). Ulat mula sa kanilang mga lokasyon taglamig sa Mexico gayunpaman ay nakakalungkot; with possibly the lowest . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Off gamit ang kanilang mga ulo!