Air pollution sensors found to store crucial biodiversity data

Mongabay
Jun 23, 2023, 1:31 pm195 pts
It seems a cache of biodiversity data was hiding in plain sight all along. In the midst of hazardous particulate matter trapped in the filters of two air quality monitoring systems in the U.K., scientists discovered DNA samples that they were able to extract to study and survey the biodiversity in the region.…

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