"Alarming Acceleration: Human Impact on Species Extinction Reaches Unprecedented Levels"

Human beings are causing species extinction at a rate 35 times faster than if it had followed the natural pace of the previous 65 million years, according to a study published in the journal PNAS. The loss of entire genera is impacting ecosystems and changing the course of evolution. At least one-third of known vertebrates are declining in population, and the human-imposed homogenization of the environment is causing the disappearance of equilibrium beneficial to our existence. The authors of the study call for unprecedented investment in conserving tropical forests, where the greatest biodiversity is found, to avoid a widespread collapse.