Julian Oliver on Nostr: It turns out that the Sixth Mass Extinction event is not only well underway, but ...
It turns out that the Sixth Mass Extinction event is not only well underway, but happening at a scale and pace far worse than previously thought.
New research has found that "48% of [all] species have declining populations and just 3% have rising populations. They also found evidence showing that 33% of species currently classified as nonthreatened on the IUCN Red List are actually spiraling toward extinction."
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-anthropocene-sixth-mass-extinction-event.html
New research has found that "48% of [all] species have declining populations and just 3% have rising populations. They also found evidence showing that 33% of species currently classified as nonthreatened on the IUCN Red List are actually spiraling toward extinction."
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-anthropocene-sixth-mass-extinction-event.html