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Biodiversity-starting thoughts

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 4:09pm.

I'm a professor of biology at Bryn Mawr College, with a background in neurobiology.

1. Biodiversity is a measure of the variation among living organisms at any given place and time. How best to make such a measure depends on the use to which one wants to put it.

2. By most ways of measuring, biodiversity has in recent times been declining, at least in many locations for particular subsets of living organisms.

3. Human impact seems to be playing a role in the reduction of biodiversity. Other factors are probably involved as well.

4. Biodiversity is a significant element in the ability of living systems to adapt and further explore the potentials of life.

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