Are We in the Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by LivingGreenNet

Protecting Many Species to Help Our Own

By RICHARD PEARSON

Published: June 1, 2012

NEARLY 20,000 species of animals and plants around the globe are considered high risks for extinction in the wild. That’s according to the most authoritative compilation of living things at risk — the so-called Red List maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

via Are We in the Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction? – NYTimes.com.

Posted in Extinction

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