Life on Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction, report says

With only 3 per cent of global species increasing in number the world appears to be entering its sixth mass extinction period brought about entirely by humans, according to a new study.

The paper, published in Biological Reviews, claims the global loss of biodiversity caused by human industrialisation is significantly more alarming than previously thought.

According to its authors at Queen’s University Belfast, while 52 per cent of species are either increasing or stable, almost half (48 per cent) are now in decline…

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Source: The Irish times

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