Study finds hundreds of thousands of tropical species at risk of extinction due to deforestation

Mongabay
May 5, 2017, 4:16 pm188 pts
A 2015 study found that humans activities are driving species loss at a rate 100 times faster than historical baseline levels — which the researchers behind the study characterized as a conservative estimate. This finding fueled speculation that we’re currently witnessing a sixth global mass extinction…

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