A new study reveals that extinction rates for plants, arthropods and land vertebrates peaked about 100 years ago and have since declined. Researchers analysed 912 species and found the most recent surge of extinctions occurred on islands and under drivers quite different from today’s threats.
(c) Michael Held
(c) Michael Held

Bumabagal ang pag-kalipol ng maraming halaman at hayop

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Ipinapakita ng bagong pag-aaral na ang mga extinction rate ng halaman, arthropod at terrestrial na vertebrate ay tumaas nang husto mga 100 taon ang nakalipas at bumaba na simula noon. Sinuri ang 912 species at natuklasan na karamihan ng pagkawala ay naganap sa mga isla at sa ibang dahilan kaysa sa mga banta ngayon.

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