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- 9 facts about wildlife extinction and how we can save species | World . . .
Nearly 40% of plants at risk of extinction Four in 10 (39 4%) plants are at risk of dying out, according to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report An additional challenge is identifying them before extinction, with 1,942 new species of plants identified last year alone
- Future of Jobs Report 2025: The jobs of the future - The World Economic . . .
Farmworkers top the list Green transition trends, including efforts to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to the climate crisis, will drive growth that will create 34 million additional jobs by 2030, adding to the 200 million farmworkers today
- How the sixth extinction crisis can be stalled – or stopped
The world has entered the sixth extinction crisis with the loss of species having a devastating impact on the biodiversity crucial to human survival The process of extinction can be stopped by building technology, solutions and processes that can help us secure animal DNA and begin to reverse the damage created by humans
- How do we decide if an animal is extinct? | World Economic Forum
After looking at more than 96,500 species, IUCN estimates more than 26,500 are threatened with extinction, including 40% of amphibians and 25% of mammals The “possibly extinct” list includes Indonesia’s Aru flying fox – a species of megabat with no recorded sightings since 1992 – and the Christmas Island shrew, last spotted in 1985
- With 1 million species facing extinction, here are 6 success stories . . .
As many as one million species of animal and plant could face extinction, according to a 2019 study This dramatic decline in the health of global biodiversity is a crisis in itself as well as a threat to the wellbeing of the planet’s population, the UN warns
- How does life on Earth recover after a mass extinction?
Without extinction, there is no evolution – the two are intrinsically linked The earliest dinosaurs evolved 20m years after the Permian-Triassic losses Their evolution was almost certainly driven by a freshening of climate during the “ Carnian Pluvial Event ” (when it rained, a lot), new-found lush vegetation and the swathes of ecospace
- Extinction threat from ocean plastic pollution is growing | World . . .
Extinction threat “For already threatened species, some of which live in such hotspots, such as monk seals or sperm whales in the Mediterranean, plastic pollution is an additional stress factor pushing these populations towards extinction”, says WWF
- How many species face extinction from climate change?
This is an example of 100% habitat loss required to produce extinction But many species will become extinct some time before all their habitat is lost Urban conducted analysis in which he assumed 100%, 95% and 80% of habitat loss was required before extinction He found a three-fold increase in extinction risk from 100% to 80% habitat loss
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