Biological Annihilation

 This article summarizes the problem we have today with mass extinction. Authors Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich and Peter H. Raven go over the significance of mass extinction and show a series of graphs to show how fast our animal populations are going downhill. Mass extinction of our animal populations is being accelerated by humans. The authors discuss a conservation plan called "Stop Extinction" to help publicize the extinction crisis and to "take to the streets".  The rate at which our biodiversity is declining is very scary and this article goes into great detail on how we can help solve this problem. For more information, click on the link below.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1922686117

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