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Nov 2, 2020 · 3. Tropical sub-regions of Americas showing biggest declines. The WWF study added that there was a 94% decline of wildlife populations in tropical sub-regions of the Americas over the 50 years from 1970 – the largest fall observed anywhere on Earth. 4. Species dying off more frequently than ever before.
Feb 21, 2022 · Ocean plastic pollution is set to grow fourfold by 2050, says a new report. And there may be 50 times more microplastics in the sea by 2100. Plastic pollution is pushing some species to the brink of extinction. But technological innovation and combined global action can help avert disaster. The level of microplastics in our oceans is set to ...
Feb 21, 2024 · A UN report highlights the existential threats faced by the world’s migratory species. Almost half of migratory creatures are in decline and 20% could become extinct. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 cites biodiversity and ecosystem collapse as a major threat. Whether it’s a murmuration of starlings, herds of wildebeest ...
Jan 5, 2022 · Current levels of language loss could triple in the next 40 years. Greater education and mobility marginalize some minor languages. One language per month could disappear, without intervention. There are 7,000 documented languages currently spoken across the world, but half of them could be endangered, according to a new study.
Mar 26, 2021 · Image: Unsplash/Alex Rose. The effects of climate change are taking their toll underwater and causing deep sea predators such as sharks to die out. A study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology suggests that if herbivores such as seacows lose their predators, the ecosystem will be damaged. For example, too many grazing seacows and an ...
Jan 24, 2024 · Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse is among the top five risks facing the world over the next 10 years, the report shows, with environmental risks making up four of the top 10 long-term risks. The Forum’s New Nature Economy Report II sets out a range of solutions to help reverse nature loss and pull us back from the brink. Biodiversity ...
Feb 10, 2023 · Image: Steve Jurvetson/Flickr. The world has entered the sixth extinction crisis with the loss of species having a devastating impact on the biodiversity crucial to human survival. The process of extinction can be stopped by building technology, solutions and processes that can help us secure animal DNA and begin to reverse the damage created ...
Sep 10, 2021 · A quarter of all species are threatened with extinction, according to a new report by the UN. The most at-risk species were amphibians, of which 41% are considered at risk, followed by sharks and conifers, at 37% and 34% respectively. It stated that human activity is having a devastating impact on the environment, but that it is not too late to ...
Sep 10, 2021 · Potatoes, avocados, vanilla, wild cotton, wild bean, squash, chili pepper, husk tomato, banana, apple, prunes, and ginger are only a few on the list. Native varieties of vanilla in South and Central America are at highest risk of extinction, while wild cotton is second on the list, followed by avocados, and then wild potatoes. A previous study ...
Mar 3, 2022 · Conservationists prefer to describe species close to extinction as those with a high chance of being lost within the next three to five years, as species can be hard to find and, like the silver-backed chevrotain, a rabbit-sized deer in southern Vietnam, and the New Guinea singing dog, rediscovered after classified as extinct. This World ...
