Summary

Today, tropical waters typically host a wider range of marine animals than polar waters. This decline in marine biodiversity from the equator toward the North and South poles is known as the latitudinal diversity gradient. Researchers at Nanjing University and University College London (UCL) recently studied marine fossils spanning roughly 500 million years to understand how the diversity of marine environments changed over time.

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