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Extinction rates 'overestimated'

Current extinction rate projections may be overestimating the role of habitat loss on species, a study suggest... Writing in the journal Nature, they said present figures overestimated rates by up to 160%, and called for updated, more accurate calculations.

 

Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve

Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve

Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change.

 

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