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Species Extinction Rates 1,000 Times Higher Than in Pre-Human Period, Says Study [1]

Species extinctions are about 1,000 times more frequent now than in the 60 million years before humans came along.

Publication Date: 
04/09/2014
Sudan Vision (Sudan) [2]
Tags:
Biodiversity [3], Extinct Species [4], Flora [5], Fauna [6]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/sudan-vision-sudan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extinct-species
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flora
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fauna