9 facts about wildlife extinction and how we can save species
2020年11月2日 · Nearly 40% of plants at risk of extinction Four in 10 (39.4%) plants are at risk of dying out, according to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report. An additional challenge is identifying them before extinction, with 1,942 new species of plants identified last year alone.
How the sixth extinction crisis can be stalled – or stopped
2023年2月10日 · 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.
Extinction threat from ocean plastic pollution is growing | World ...
2022年2月21日 · Extinction threat “For already threatened species, some of which live in such hotspots, such as monk seals or sperm whales in the Mediterranean, plastic pollution is an additional stress factor pushing these populations towards extinction”, says WWF .
How zoos can save our animals | World Economic Forum
2014年10月31日 · It’s an event rivaling the extinction of the dinosaurs. The embrace of conservation by zoos, though, doesn’t always sit well with their own history. The modern American zoo that emerged in the late 19th century fancied itself as a center of natural history, education, and conservation, but zoos have also always been in the entertainment ...
How do we decide if an animal is extinct? | World Economic Forum
2019年3月7日 · After looking at more than 96,500 species, IUCN estimates more than 26,500 are threatened with extinction, including 40% of amphibians and 25% of mammals. The “possibly extinct” list includes Indonesia’s Aru flying fox – a species of megabat with no recorded sightings since 1992 – and the Christmas Island shrew, last spotted in 1985.
This is why half of the world’s languages are endangered | World ...
2022年1月5日 · There are 7,000 documented languages currently spoken across the world, but half of them could be endangered, according to a new study.
Six charts that show the state of global biodiversity loss | World ...
2022年10月17日 · The chart above shows which species are considered to be most at risk of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN evaluates 140,000 species by population and how they have changed over time, and creates a Red List Index of relative survival probability.
With 1 million species facing extinction, here are 6 success stories ...
2020年8月27日 · 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.
Humans are causing larger species to go extinct faster
2019年6月17日 · The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List contains more than 27,000 species that are at risk of extinction, including 40% of all known amphibians and a quarter of mammals. At present, the Red List monitors the populations of 98,500 species but the IUCN says it urgently needs to add another 60,000 to its list to get a ...
Biodiversity, risks and the golden mole, bringing species back from …
2024年1月24日 · Science is supercharging the conversation around extinction, with advances in genetics and innovation raising questions about whether it is possible to bring extinct species back to life. Geneticist Andrew Pask and de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences are working on reintroducing a species that’s been extinct since the 1920s – the ...