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

Las tasas de extinción se ralentizan en muchas especies de plantas y animales

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Un nuevo estudio muestra que las extinciones en plantas, artrópodos y vertebrados terrestres alcanzaron su máximo hace un siglo y han bajado desde entonces. Se analizaron 912 especies y se constató que gran parte de las pérdidas más recientes se dieron en islas bajo factores distintos a las amenazas actuales.

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