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Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1112" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/06/human-society-under-urgent-threat-loss-earth-natural-life-un-report" target="_blank"><strong>Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life - The Guardian</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Scientists reveal 1 million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report </strong></p><p></p><p>Human society is in jeopardy from the accelerating decline of the Earth’s natural life-support systems, the world’s leading scientists have warned, as they announced the results of the most thorough planetary health check ever undertaken.</p><p></p><p>From coral reefs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/11/next-generation-may-never-see-coral-reefs" target="_blank">flickering out</a> beneath the oceans to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/31/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-weather-droughts-report" target="_blank">rainforests desiccating</a> into savannahs, nature is being destroyed at a rate tens to hundreds of times higher than the average over the past 10m years, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yd8l2v0u4jqptp3/AACpraYjOYWpTxAFv5H-2vrKa/1%20Global%20Assessment%20Summary%20for%20Policymakers?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1" target="_blank">according to the UN global assessment report</a>.</p><p></p><p>The biomass of wild mammals has fallen by 82%, natural ecosystems have lost about half their area and a million species are at risk of extinction – all largely as a result of human actions, said the study, compiled over three years by more than 450 scientists and diplomats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1112, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/06/human-society-under-urgent-threat-loss-earth-natural-life-un-report'][B]Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life - The Guardian[/B][/URL] [B]Scientists reveal 1 million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report [/B] Human society is in jeopardy from the accelerating decline of the Earth’s natural life-support systems, the world’s leading scientists have warned, as they announced the results of the most thorough planetary health check ever undertaken. From coral reefs [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/11/next-generation-may-never-see-coral-reefs']flickering out[/URL] beneath the oceans to [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/31/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-weather-droughts-report']rainforests desiccating[/URL] into savannahs, nature is being destroyed at a rate tens to hundreds of times higher than the average over the past 10m years, [URL='https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yd8l2v0u4jqptp3/AACpraYjOYWpTxAFv5H-2vrKa/1%20Global%20Assessment%20Summary%20for%20Policymakers?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1']according to the UN global assessment report[/URL]. The biomass of wild mammals has fallen by 82%, natural ecosystems have lost about half their area and a million species are at risk of extinction – all largely as a result of human actions, said the study, compiled over three years by more than 450 scientists and diplomats. [/QUOTE]
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