The constant addition of nutrients into our ecosystems is depleting biodiversity
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 09:41
in Earth & Climate
Many low-nutrient ecosystems are particularly rich in species. Are added nutrients therefore detrimental to diversity? "That's true for many habitats," says Sönke Zaehle from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena. The scientist is studying how nutrients impact the material cycle in ecosystems, and how the atmosphere and the surface of the ground influence each other.