A new study has revealed that linguistic diversity on Earth reached its peak several thousand years ago and has been rapidly declining ever since. Today, nearly 40% of the world's languages are at risk of disappearing.
Research organizations are launching a large-scale project to study and catalog European marine annelids, aiming to accelerate the discovery of new species and deepen our understanding of biodiversity. The collected data will be made available to scientists worldwide for further research.
The study found that the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles are particularly sensitive to low-frequency noise, which overlaps with the range of human-made sounds in the ocean, making them vulnerable to acoustic disturbances.