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Nov 2, 2020 · 5. Freshwater species declining faster than anything else. Populations of freshwater wildlife species are declining disportionately faster than others, dropping by an average of 84% between 1970 and 2018, WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 showed. The figure also marks a rise of 1% on the 83% reported two years ago. 6.
Feb 10, 2023 · Listen to the article. 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 by humans.
Jun 17, 2019 · Scientists at Southampton University say a combination of poaching, habitat loss, pollution and climate change will cause more than 1,000 larger species of mammals and birds to become extinct over the next century. Among the species threatened with extinction are rhinos and eagles. The researchers say that losing these creatures will bring ...
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 ...
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.
Aug 27, 2020 · As many as one million species of animal and plant could face extinction, according to a 2019 study. This dramatic decline in the health of global biodiversity is a crisis in itself as well as a threat to the wellbeing of the planet’s population, the UN warns. Plus, it poses a very immediate risk to global food security and economic activity.
Feb 21, 2022 · The level of microplastics in our oceans is set to grow 50 fold by the end of the century raising the risk of widespread extinction of marine life in the most polluted areas, according to a new report. Analysis for the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) found that an ocean area more than two and a half times the area of Greenland could exceed ...
Oct 17, 2022 · The head of the WWF has called for the world to adopt a goal of being “nature positive” by 2030. The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2022 finds wildlife populations have declined by an average 69% in the past 50 years. These six charts outline the scale of biodiversity loss - and what can be done to reach the nature-positive target.
Apr 19, 2016 · Over time, the climate cooled and sea levels rose creating an environment more suited to mammals. Co-author of the study, Professor Mike Benton believes that the mammal supremacy might have occurred eventually even if the 10km-wide asteroid had missed our planet, with dinosaurs suffering and mammals thriving in the changing climate.
Mar 26, 2021 · Lizzy Rosenberg. 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 increase in ...
