Nature Briefing
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Hello Nature readers ,
Today , we discover that soil could be the most species - rich habitat on the planet , learn that ship - pollution cuts have unintended climate downsides and find out about a catalogue of unknown genes .
Arthropods , such as this Cubaris sp .
' Rubber Ducky ' isopod , are the most diverse group on Earth , with an estimated seven million species . Around 30% of these species live underground .( Suriyapong Koktong / Getty )
Soil is home to more than half of all life
About 59% of all species on Earth live in soil , estimate researchers who reviewed global biodiversity data . This would make the ground the planet ' s single most biodiverse habitat . The figure doubles an earlier estimate and could be even higher because so little is known about soil , the researchers suggect It is home to 99%…