Loss of land-based vertebrates is accelerating, study finds
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 14:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In 2015, Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich coauthored a study declaring the world's sixth mass extinction was underway. Five years later, Ehrlich and colleagues at other institutions have a grim update: the extinction rate is likely much higher than previously thought and is eroding nature's ability to provide vital services to people.