New Study Sends Clear Message With Unbelievable Drop
October 17, 2022
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as posted by the channelA new study determines there has been a drastic drop in animal populations since 1970. John Iadarola and Ben Gleib break it down on The Damage Report.
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'Lights Are Flashing Red'Study Finds 69% Average Drop in Animal Populations Since 1970
"A sweeping report published Thursday by one of the world's largest conservation groups finds that Earth's vertebrate animal populations experienced an average decline of nearly 70% between 1970 and 2018, a staggering drop that experts attribute to the worsening climate crisis, pollution, the large-scale destruction of forests, and continued human exploitation of wildlife.
The World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Living Planet Report 2022, which the group calls its most comprehensive study to date, estimates that tens of thousands of monitored mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile, and fish populations have seen an average 69% decline in relative abundance over just a 50-year period, a blaring signal that the planet is in the midst of a devastating biodiversity crisis.
"When wildlife populations decline to this degree, it means dramatic changes are impacting their habitats and the food and water they rely on."
"The message is clear and the lights are flashing red," states the new report, which examines nearly 32,000 species populations across the planet—from the oceanic whitetip shark to the Amazon pink river dolphin to Darwin's frog—to spotlight what it describes as the twin emergencies of climate change and species decline."
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