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‘Lights are flashing red’: study finds 69% average drop in animal populations since 1970

Jake Johnson — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:03:45 +0000

A sweeping report published Thursday by one of the world’s largest conservation groups finds that Earth’s vertebrate animal populations experienced an average decline of nearly 70% between 1970 and 2018, a staggering drop that experts attribute to the worsening climate crisis, pollution, the large-scale destruction of forests, and continued human exploitation of wildlife. The World Wildlife […]

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UN chief warns of ‘ocean emergency’ as leaders confront biodiversity loss, pollution

Julia Conley — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:00:05 +0000

With the goal of hammering out a declaration to protect the oceans and their vast resources from exploitation, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday opened the body’s Ocean Conference by warning that the world faces “an ocean emergency.” “We must turn the tide,” said Guterres. “A healthy and productive ocean is vital to our shared future.” […]

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Biodiversity risks could persist for decades after global temperature peak

Jessica Corbett — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:00:31 +0000

Research revealed Monday that even if global temperatures fall after peaking this century, climate-related risks to wildlife “may remain for decades to centuries.” The study, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, notes that “global average temperatures have already risen by 1.1°C above preindustrial levels and may rise up to 2.1-3.5°C by 2100 […]

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