Islands are home to nearly one-third of the world’s plant species, despite covering just 5.3% of the Earth’s land surface. That’s according to a new groundbreaking study published in Nature on October 16, co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa botanist.

Islands are home to nearly one-third of the world’s plant species, despite covering just 5.3% of the Earth’s land surface. That’s according to a new groundbreaking study published in Nature on October 16, co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa botanist.

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