Summary:
- Biodiversity refers to the variety of life and its processes.
- Scientists have identified about 1.9 million species alive today.
- They are divided into the six kingdoms of life.
- Scientists are still discovering new species.
- Most estimates range from 5 to 30 million species.
- The term 'biodiversity' was coined by Aldo Leopold, considered the father of modern ecology, in 1948.
- The concept of biodiversity did not become a vital component of biology and political science until nearly 40 years after Aldo's death.
- It is the many different kinds of life (bio-)