Australia's bushfires could drive more than 700 animal species to extinction

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Jan 14, 2020, 9:20 am516 ptsHot
The scale and speed of the current bushfire crisis has caught many people off-guard, including biodiversity scientists. People are scrambling to estimate the long-term effects. It is certain that many animal species will be pushed to the brink of extinction, but how many?

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