Loss of land-based vertebrates is accelerating

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 09:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

In 2015, Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich co-authored 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. Lindsay Filgas & Rob Jordan Analysis of thousands […]

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