{"id":96,"date":"2021-07-05T12:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T19:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/russellolab\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:00:35","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/russellolab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2044 aligncenter\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/russellolab\/files\/2025\/09\/ECGL_logo_fish_scaled_precise_nudged.png\" alt=\"ECGL Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 14px;\">Human modifications of the environment, including large-scale habitat conversion, invasive species introductions and soaring greenhouse gas emissions, pose major threats to global biodiversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maintaining species\u2019 ability to persist in changing environments ultimately means preserving genetic variation underlying ecologically important traits. 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