Global Effort to Digitize DNA of Species
The Earth Bio Genome Project
More Than 5,000 Scientists and 1.8 Million Species
Scientists from around the world are rushing to protect nearly 2 million species on the planet Earth. They are documenting the genetic makeup of 1.8 million animals, plants, fungi and more, as the United Nations warns that 1 million plants and animals are at risk of extinction within upcoming decades. The global scientific collaboration is called the Earth Bio Genome Project. More than 5,000 global scientists are involved. By the end of this decade, they hope to have digitized the DNA footprints of 1.88 million living species. It is an incredibly arduous task. By the end of 2022, they hope to have sequenced just 3,000 species' genomes.
Why Do This?
There are many benefits including saving species, benefitting humanity, protecting biodiversity and understanding ecosystems and sustaining life. All of the species are intertwined and interconnected in the vast scheme of life on the planet Earth. The scientific effort is expected to save endangered species and also save those on their way to extinction. It's an incredible scientific global effort to preserve and sustain life. For more news stories like this, Climate Change Innovations
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