A new study led by Prof. Chen Hongsong from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed that calcium-rich bedrock can reshape the latitudinal diversity ...

The nearly universal pattern that species richness increases from the poles to the equator (the latitudinal diversity gradient [LDG]) has been of intense interest since its discovery by early ...

These two processes play a pivotal role in the removal of excess nitrogen from ecosystems. This research sheds light on the multi-dimensional spatial patterns of denitrification and anammox along a ...

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 16:00 GMT / 11:00 ET WEDNESDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2023. Today, species richness peaks in equatorial regions but until now there has been no clear explanation for this. By analysing fossil ...