El Pais (Spain)
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Authors: At least one-third of known vertebrates are declining in population and being squeezed into ever-smaller ecosystems.
Authors: Loss of biodiversity and overexploitation of wild space are facilitating the destruction of resources that could be used to improve human health.
They say loss of an entire genus can impact the functioning of a whole ecosystem.
“Perhaps this would cost $400 billion , which is a significant amount, but if we continue as we are now there will be a far more widespread collapse than we are seeing,” says Ceballos . Despite the knowledge that studies like the one published in PNAS offer about the extent of the ecological problem humans face, the universe’s only known intelligent species is getting increasingly close to being smothered by its own efficiency to survive and reproduce. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get more English -language news coverage from EL PAÍS USA Edition .
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