Can we avoid a “sixth extinction”?

Ahmad Moushumi    07 Jul, 2024 12:27:28 AM    1    204

Best Answer: “It can be slowed, then halted, if we take quick action. The greatest cause of species extinction is loss of habitat. That is why I’ve stressed an assembled global reserve occupying half the land and half the sea, as necessary, and in my book Half-Earth, I show how it can be done. With this initiative (and the development of a far better species-level ecosystem science than the one we have now), it will also be necessary to discover and characterize the 10 million or so species estimated to remain; we’ve only found and named two million to date. Overall, an extension of environmental science to include the living world should be, and I believe will be, a major initiative of science during the remainder of this century.”

Ahmad Moushumi    07 Jul, 2024 12:27:28 AM

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