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The passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. The Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin. These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many scientists have declared the sixth mass extinction, as human actions are wiping out vertebrate animal species hundreds of times faster than they would otherwise disappear.
The phenomenon of species extinction is a natural part of evolution, and a recent study suggests that the loss is not limited to individual species but extends to entire genera of animals.
Governments have no time to lose when it comes to implementing a new global ocean treaty to protect the high seas as threats from human activities intensify, a report by environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday. In March, more than 100 countries completed a groundbreaking treaty to protect the high seas after years of negotiations. It was adopted at the United Nations in June and states can signal their intent to ratify it at the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20.
A detailed study has revealed that human activities are jeopardizing Earth's life-support system. What does it mean? Know in detail how Earth is in danger.
The study, conducted over a four-year period, was done by 86 experts from 49 countries, drawing onover 13,000 references.