Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss

Published on May 21, 2024

While nearly one million species are currently at risk of extinction, the United Nations University (UNU) is drawing attention to “co-extinctions”: the chain reaction occurring when the complete disappearance of one species affects another. 

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