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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

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Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities (phys.org)
submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/biodiversity@mander.xyz
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[–] voight@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can even grow crops underneath! :-D

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is a another good concept, but that is exactly not what this study was about, haha! This study was about using land that had been farmland for solar and restoring the natural plant life of the area. This increased the insect population dramatically, including many pollinator species, so using less productive fields for solar/natural habitat instead could further increase the yields of better fields in the area.

[–] voight@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Absolutely! Industrial agriculture techniques can easily destroy soil & are very carbon intensive themselves due to the way we get a lot of fertilizer from fossil fuels, transport & fuel everything.

For a more wholesome example, you can put chicken coops on top of the lauded

FISH-RICE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES 📢📢📢🗣️🗣️🗣️🔊📢📢🗣️🗣️🔊🔊

then put solar panels on top of the coops.

The chickens go and eat pests around the rice too and fertilize a bit lol