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Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

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Scientists pull biodiversity data from thin air using environmental DNA

New Capabilities

Holds the archive that anchored the long-run biodiversity study

For most of conservation history, counting wildlife meant walking into a forest with binoculars, traps, or camera arrays. A new method does it without seeing the animal: filter the air, sequence the DNA fragments, and read off which species were nearby.

Updated May 31