Scientists have discovered a new species of underground tree . . . There are 400,000 named plant species at present, and RGB Kew scientists estimate up to 100,000 more are still to be discovered On average, 2,500 new species of both plants and fungi are identified every year, always with the hope that they will provide “new sources of food, medicine, and nature-based solutions to the biggest challenges of our times”
The magnitude of fungal diversity: the 1·5 million species . . . The number of known species of fungi is estimated as at least 74 K, but could be as much as 120 K with allowances for ‘orphaned’ species Yet in 1990 the magnitude of fungal diversity was estimated ‘conservatively’ at 1·5 M species
Voter turnout in United States presidential elections - Wikipedia For many years, voter turnout was reported as a percentage; the numerator being the total votes cast, or the votes cast for the highest office, and the denominator being the Voting Age Population (VAP), the Census Bureau's estimate of the number of persons 18 years old and older resident in the United States
The Molecular Clock and Estimating Species Divergence A recent study by Weir and Schluter (2008) demonstrates the use of different calibration techniques To estimate the evolutionary rate of the mitochondrial gene encoding cytochrome b in birds
Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U. S . . . Recent polls suggest that about 15 million to 26 million people in the U S have participated in recent protests June 6 and added those estimates to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium
Trends and Facts on Newspapers | State of the News Media Comparisons are either between the three-month averages for the period ending Dec 31 of the given year and the same period of the previous year (2015-2019), the six-month period ending Sept 30 and the three-month period ending Sept 30 of the previous year (2020), or the six-month period ending Sept 30 of the given year and the same period