Chemicals in the environment are not sufficiently addressed in science as one of the causes of biodiversity loss. This is shown by 40 scientists from the RobustNature research network at Goethe University and collaborating institutes in a study that has now been published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. In the study entitled "Better integration of chemical pollution research will further our understanding of biodiversity loss", the researchers see an interdisciplinary approach as a new opportunity to better understand the loss of biodiversity in order to be able to take more efficient countermeasures (free access to full text here).