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AFP: The pace at which humans are driving animal and plant species toward extinction through habitat destruction is at least twice as slow as previously thought, according to a study released Wednesday.
Earth's biodiversity continues to dwindle due to deforestation, climate change, over-exploitation and chemical runoff into rivers and oceans, said the study, published in Nature.
"The evidence is in -- humans really are causing extreme extinction rates," said co-author Stephen Hubbell, a professor......
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Species loss far less severe than feared: study
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 18th, 2011
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