News Headline
‘Profound ignorance’: Microbes, a missing piece in the biodiversity puzzle
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2021-04-27
Scientists are clear: the number of plant and animal species on Earth is declining. The climate crisis, habitat loss, pollution and the illegal wildlife trade are all pushing species toward extinction. Researchers especially worry that losing too much biodiversity could push the earth past a tipping point into irreversible change, and on into a new paradigm in which humanity and other life can’t survive.