Thursday, May 9, 2019

Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/climate/biodiversity-extinction-united-nations.html?fbclid=IwAR0i6WMT_nJw7ZnQyuxdkKmNIsNch_kANu3ux00VZIDIUg-m7kWqxyl9xrI
"The 1,500-page report, compiled by hundreds of international experts and based on thousands of scientific studies, is the most exhaustive look yet at the decline in biodiversity across the globe and the dangers that creates for human civilization. A summary of its findings, which was approved by representatives from the United States and 131 other countries, was released Monday in Paris. The full report is set to be published this year."