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> as many as 274 species going extinct every day This number is not based on evidence. I clicked through the links on this number, and it traces back basically

> as many as 274 species going extinct every day This number is not based on evidence. I clicked through the links on this number, and it traces back basically to guesses that say if there are 100 million species on earth and if 0.1% of them go extinct every year then, well, that divides into that number. If you try to look up specifics - birds, for instance - you'll find that far fewer bird species have gone extinct in this century so far than the pace of the last century[0]. Which is actually encouraging! We are up against big odds but the immense efforts put into conservation are not hopeless - it's working! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bird_extinctions_by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bird_extinctions_by_ye...

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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/global-study-of-71000-animal-species-finds-48-are-declining/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/global-study-of-71000-anim... Global study of 71,000 animal species finds 48% are declining https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12974 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12974 More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/april/almost-half-of-all-uk-bird-species-in-decline.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/april/almost-half-o... Almost half of all UK bird species in decline https://www.sciencealert.com/the-current-mass-extinction-is-already-far-more-dire-than-we-realized https://www.sciencealert.com/the-current-mass-extinction-is-... The Current Mass Extinction Is Already Far More Dire Than We Realized https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-insect-population-flying-bugs-climate-change-pesticides-population-decline-2017-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-insect-population-fl... A 27-year study found the amount of insects flying in the air has declined 75% — but no one knows why https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/18/a-wake-up-call-total-weight-of-wild-mammals-less-than-10-of-humanitys https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/18/a-wake-u... ‘A wake-up call’: total weight of wild mammals less than 10% of humanity’s https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/xrml3d/alarming_report_warns_1_in_8_bird_species_now/ https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/xrml3d/alarming_re... Alarming report warns 1 in 8 bird species now facing extinction https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/23/extinct-tree-species-sequoias/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/2... As many as one in six U.S. tree species is threatened with extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-70-of-animal-populations-wiped-out-since-1970-report-reveals-aoe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-7... Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals

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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/global-study-of-71000-animal-species-finds-48-are-declining/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/global-study-of-71000-anim... Global study of 71,000 animal species finds 48% are declining https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12974 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12974 More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/april/almost-half-of-all-uk-bird-species-in-decline.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/april/almost-half-o... Almost half of all UK bird species in decline https://www.sciencealert.com/the-current-mass-extinction-is-already-far-more-dire-than-we-realized https://www.sciencealert.com/the-current-mass-extinction-is-... The Current Mass Extinction Is Already Far More Dire Than We Realized https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-insect-population-flying-bugs-climate-change-pesticides-population-decline-2017-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-insect-population-fl... A 27-year study found the amount of insects flying in the air has declined 75% — but no one knows why https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/18/a-wake-up-call-total-weight-of-wild-mammals-less-than-10-of-humanitys https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/18/a-wake-u... ‘A wake-up call’: total weight of wild mammals less than 10% of humanity’s https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/xrml3d/alarming_report_warns_1_in_8_bird_species_now/ https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/xrml3d/alarming_re... Alarming report warns 1 in 8 bird species now facing extinction https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/23/extinct-tree-species-sequoias/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/2... As many as one in six U.S. tree species is threatened with extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-70-of-animal-populations-wiped-out-since-1970-report-reveals-aoe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-7... Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals