Sunday 21 June 2015

Leave it to Humanity?


A new study has suggested that we are in the 6th great extinction event, with animals and plants disappearing at about 9 times the rate that is seen 'normally' (http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/19/humans-creating-sixth-great-extinction-of-animal-species-say-scientists). This dramatic loss of diversity is certainly due to the activities of we humans. This 'town' ain't big enough for we folk and any other species that requires a bit of 'our' planet!

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