The end of the world as we know it
28 October 2016 - 10:23
The world is facing the biggest extinction since the dinosaurs, with seven in 10 mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles wiped out in just 50 years, a new report warns. The latest Living Planet report by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London estimates that by 2020 populations of vertebrates will have fallen by 67% since 1970.
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