ZSL hails 'blood test from space' as key weapon against biodiversity loss

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Novel approach using satellite data could be 'a game changer for protecting life on Earth', according to Zoological Society of London

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) claims to have helped develop a new "simple test" to identify major ecosystem problems from space, in a process it likened to carrying out a blood test to diagnose...

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