Research finds global precipitation patterns a driver for animal diversity

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Oct 24, 2023, 5:21 pm220 pts
Since the HMS Beagle arrived in the Galapagos with Charles Darwin to meet a fateful family of finches, ecologists have struggled to understand a particularly perplexing question: Why is there a ridiculous abundance of species some places on Earth and a scarcity in others? What factors, exactly, drive animal…

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