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Biodiversity may prove to be the defining issue of our age

25 July 2018

It’s an error to think we’ve got bigger problems than extinction. We must take species loss seriously, or it will come back to haunt us
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Is life on Earth really at risk? The truth about the extinction crisis

25 July 2018

Earth’s biodiversity isn’t just beautiful, it ensures human survival. But to protect nature’s bounty we first need to know exactly how we’re harming it

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