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    Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth, which can be measured at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. Earth's biodiversity is not evenly distributed, as the tropics near the equator have warmer climates and higher primary productivity, containing approximately 90% of all species within tropical forests, which occupy less than 10% of the planet's surface. Marine biodiversity is also typically higher in areas of warmer ocean waters along the equator and in parts of the Western Pacific.

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    Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth, which can be measured at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. Earth's biodiversity is not evenly distributed, as the tropics near the equator have warmer climates and higher primary productivity, containing approximately 90% of all species within tropical forests, which occupy less than 10% of the planet's surface. Marine biodiversity is also typically higher in areas of warmer ocean waters along the equator and in parts of the Western Pacific.

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    Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth, which can be measured at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. Earth's biodiversity is not evenly distributed, as the tropics near the equator have warmer climates and higher primary productivity, containing approximately 90% of all species within tropical forests, which occupy less than 10% of the planet's surface. Marine biodiversity is also typically higher in areas of warmer ocean waters along the equator and in parts of the Western Pacific.

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    The variety and variability of life on Earth is known as biodiversity, or biological diversity.

    Measured
    at the genetic (genetic variability), species (species diversity), and ecosystem (ecosystem diversity)
    levels, biodiversity is the amount of variation.[1] Earth's biodiversity is not spread equally; in the
    tropics, due to the warm climate and high primary productivity in the area around the equator,
    biodiversity is typically higher. Approximately 90% of all species on Earth are found in tropical forest
    ecosystems, which occupy less than 10% of the planet's surface. In the mid-latitudinal band of all
    oceans and along the coasts of the Western Pacific, where sea surface temperature is highest,
    marine biodiversity is typically higher. The diversity of species is stratified along latitudinal lines.
    Hotspots are typically where biodiversity congregates and has been rising through

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