Our growing footprint, wildlife extinctions, and the importance of contraception (commentary)

Mongabay
Jan 28, 2020, 1:03 pm270 pts
We’re not exactly treading lightly on planet Earth. A new study finds more than 20,000 land animal species are experiencing intense pressure from the global human footprint. Of those, 85 percent have seen half their habitats exposed to intense human pressure. And 16 percent have experienced the same on their…

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