Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970

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Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, report finds - The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world’s leading scientists

Shocking but unfortunately not surprising. The only thing we can do is ensure we as individuals are part of the solution, rather than the problem. I do what I can to tread lightly on the planet.

But some politicians are in denial. Will it take the sort of calamity shown in the movie 2012 or The Day After Tomorrow to rouse them off their butts?

I rewatched the latter on DVD recently, and wondered how ironic it would be if Trump had to seek asylum in Mexico for Americans displaced by natural disaster!

Sorry to wander off track. But the loss of a single species of wildlife is an irreplaceable loss.

Name 25 animals that existed in 1970 that don't exist now because of climate change.

Okay so 7% is supposed to be a result of climate change.

That MSN news link goes to a story about Trump (surprise surprise).

I don't care what anybody says. We need to maintain our national resources. We need to set aside land as being exempt from development.

Even an ardent capitalist like Theodore Roosevelt believe in the preservation of national resources.

That 60% is an average btw. It's doesn't mean humans have wiped out exactly 60% of animals.

Here's a link to an article in The Atlantic which explains it.

I have a feeling if I live to be 90, everything will basically be the same, but still on the brink of disaster.

Thank you Kip.

You rose well to the challenge. I was also doing some research but didn't know how to post a link using my tablet. I hadn't quite reached 25 yet...

they weren't subspecies. also, several of those were rather rare or endemic to islands. but it doesn't matter.


australia in particular has been ravaged by the white man - and nature's revenge is showing in the skin cancer rates.


the english should have never gone there.

The Japanese sea lion was an aquatic mammal thought to have become extinct in the 1970s. It was considered to be a subspecies...

The Pyrenean ibex, Spanish common name bucardo, Catalan common name herc and French common name bouquetin was one of the four subspecies...