Mission Critical: Species Explorers Propose Steps to Map Biosphere
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 13:31
in Earth & Climate
An ambitious goal to describe 10 million species in less than 50 years is achievable and necessary to sustain Earth's biodiversity, according to an international group of 39 scientists, scholars and engineers who provided a detailed plan, including measures to build public support, in the March 30 issue of the journal Systematics and Biodiversity.