A U.N. report says more than 1 million species are facing extinction. It blames humans for eroding habitats but notes it’s not too late to fix the problem.
Humans are to blame for eroding habitats essential to survival of many plants and animals, say scientistsNature is in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with
extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday in the United Nations’ first comprehensive report on biodiversity.Species loss is accelerating...
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