Guynup, S. (2023, June 5). Global study of 71,000 animal species finds 48% are declining.
Mongabay. Retrieved August 15, 2023, from https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/global-study-of-71000-animal-species-finds-48-are-declining/

A study showed that out of 71,000 species, 43% are in decline, 49% are stable, and 3% are rising. Some factors of the fall are habitat loss, climate change, and hunting drive decrease. During the Industrial Revolution, the human population spiked in growth and species extinctions. Rainforest deforestation affects ⅔ of species. Climate change overgrows adaptation. Acknowledgment and identification of endangered species are essential. Some solutions are curbing hunting, trafficking, and reforestation. We need energy conservation and to support conservation groups. Scientists seek global cooperation for change.

This article is related to environmental science because it explains the decline of endangered species and the damage that humans have caused to our ecosystem and many others. “Climate change overgrowing adaptation” really hit me, in a sense that it’s crazy how adaptation would overgrow climate change if it weren’t for the intensive and abusive force we emit contributing to climate change. Some solutions that we can do to prevent the loss of more endangered species are acknowledgment of certain declining species, less hunting, trafficking, and reforestation to perverse wildlife.