• The Environment

    Endangered Animals 100 Times Worse Off than Previously Believed

    By Posted on 7.3.2008 10 Comments

    Adding insult to injury, many species that are already solidly facing extinction might actually be 100 times more endangered than previously thought, scientists say. A new mathematical model, developed by ecologists at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of California, produces extinction risks that are orders of magnitude higher than conservation biologists estimated in compilations like the IUCN red-list.

    7.4.2008 at 05:57pm - Comment by envirofan

    gbabunovic, of course it matters. yes, species would have recovered before. but what humans are doing now are damaging the earth, to the point that the earth will not be able to bounce back. the destruction of coral reefs and logging is taking away key resources that endangered species need to survive.



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