March 5, 2019 1:58 PM
Humans putting 1,700 animal species at greater extinction risk: Study
A study says that increased human land-use may put 1,700 species of amphibians, birds, and mammals at greater extinction risk over the next 50 years, by shrinking their natural habitats.<br />''<br />''The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, combined information on the current geographic distributions of about 19,400 species worldwide with changes to the land cover projected under four different trajectories. These potential paths represent reasonable expectations ...