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AI reveals biodiversity crisis in UK: Kew Gardens' fungi unlock future cures

Al Jazeera English

June 16, 2026

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At London’s Kew Gardens, millions of preserved plant and fungi specimens are being digitised and analysed with artificial intelligence to map the scale of biodiversity loss. Scientists estimate around 45% of flowering plants face extinction, threatening food production, carbon storage and broader ecosystem resilience. Al Jazeera’s Milena Veselinovic reports from London. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #BiodiversityCrisis #KewGardens #ArtificialIntelligence #Digitisation #Fungi #GenomeSequencing #PandemicPreparedness #AntibioticDiscovery #ConservationScience #London #AlJazeeraEnglish

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