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New animals and plants are being lost to extinction every year—more than 160 species disappeared just in the past decade.
New animals and plants are being lost to extinction every year—more than 160 species disappeared just in the past decade.
Earth is a blue planet, and this weekend yielded good news for our world’s plentiful marine environments. Leaders from more than 190 nations around the world came together on Saturday night to establish a long-awaited, global agreement to protect the world’s oceans.
More than a third of animal and plant species in the U.S. could go extinct while more than 40% of ecosystems are at risk of collapse, a new report from a conservation group has found.