Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss

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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Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss

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