- Human population size is able to predict past extinctions with 96% accuracy. Predictors based on past climate, in contrast, perform no better than expected by chance, suggesting that climate had a negligible impact on global mammal extinctions https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/36/eabb2313?fbclid=iwar3tyir_bwvvragq79uuvejdbtrwluaeqhdpxhhywq2dop2jcioegqg5ql8 13 comments science
Linking pages
- Mammals - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/mammals 502 comments
- Earth's 'lost species' only the tip of the iceberg - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54034134 71 comments
- Wild mammals have declined by 85% since the rise of humans, but there is a possible future where they flourish - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammal-decline 4 comments