How to Use biodiversity in a Sentence

biodiversity

noun
  • The goal of the treaty is to reverse biodiversity losses.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2023
  • And the beehives, hedges and forests that help maintain biodiversity.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • While extinctions on Earth might be old hat, this is the first threat to biodiversity caused by a single species living on the planet itself.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
  • It is thought to be the third biggest driver of biodiversity loss after changes in land and sea use and overexploitation of resources.
    Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Yet, taking down fences, clearing paths and opening the spaces to the public risks hurting the very biodiversity that those who descend on the Little Belt are no doubt drawn to.
    Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Costa Rica is home to 30 national parks and about five percent of the world's biodiversity.
    Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
  • In rocky regions around the world, groups are working to preserve and promote the craft of dry stone walling, touting the benefits to biodiversity and low carbon footprint.
    Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2023
  • With each successive recording, the program is able to better identify all the birds in the area and help create a detailed database of the total biodiversity in the area.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 13 June 2023
  • Loss of habitat is the top driver of a staggering global decline in biodiversity, the variety of life on earth.
    Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • For Page, who gets to call the ocean her office, the orcas add to the rich biodiversity found off the coast: gray whales during winter and spring, humpbacks during spring and fall, blue whales – the world’s largest mammal – during summer.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The region is also rich in biodiversity and is a popular area for hikers.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Areas that were once rich in biodiversity are now overrun by salt cedar, an invasive plant that sucks up any excess water that flows downstream or that falls from the sky.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • This, on the heels of dismissing Tim Ashton, a grower of heritage wheat, for his low yields, despite soil and biodiversity improvements.
    Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
  • Siegert and Hogg’s team looked at several factors including heat waves, loss of sea ice, collapse of ice shelves and impacts on biodiversity.
    Melina Walling, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Siegert and Hogg's team looked at several factors including heat waves, loss of sea ice, collapse of ice shelves and impacts on biodiversity.
    Time, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The zone is also rich in biodiversity that researchers are scrambling to understand.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Handing land back to nature is no silver bullet for either the world’s climate or biodiversity ills.
    WIRED, 14 Oct. 2023
  • In the face of catastrophic issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss, Tree makes a case for letting nature return to itself.
    Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024
  • These compact turtles live in the succulent karoo, a biodiversity hotspot in western South Africa.
    Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Alfonsina is the singular vision of the chef Jorge León, who returned to his hometown to explore the essence of Oaxaca’s biodiversity in his recipes.
    Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Health In Harmony is now planning a project to measure its ability to restore biodiversity, improve the health of people and wildlife and reduce the risk of spillover in Madagascar.
    Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The team looks over the files again, and Ressler catches a photo from a charity event hosted by Wildsociety, a non-profit that protects biodiversity.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 June 2023
  • For Hometree cofounder and former pro surfer Matt Smith, bringing native forests back to this coast is a logical response to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss.
    WIRED, 22 July 2023
  • They’re all focused on climate change, but not biodiversity.
    Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • More than 7,500 local school children have participated in field trips to the campus to learn about the biodiversity and get hands-on experience in nature.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
  • This decreases the ecosystem’s biodiversity and can reduce canopy tree growth.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
  • With the new data these specimens represent, the firefly explorer added a few more glowing dots to the map of biodiversity, helping to chart a future for these brilliant beetles.
    Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
  • The spread of plants and animals between continents is one of the main causes of Earth’s ongoing biodiversity crisis, an extinction event on par with the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
    Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That would in turn avoid the greenhouse gases from such mining operations, plus losses of biodiversity.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Supporters of protecting the national park, a haven for biodiversity, have hailed the vote a major victory for the planet and Indigenous rights.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023

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