{"id":36734,"date":"2013-06-23T19:23:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T23:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=36734"},"modified":"2013-06-23T19:23:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T23:23:42","slug":"mammal-and-bird-extinctions-will-greatly-increase-in-frequency-during-the-next-40-years-research-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/mammal-and-bird-extinctions-will-greatly-increase-in-frequency-during-the-next-40-years-research-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammal And Bird Extinctions Will Greatly Increase In Frequency During The Next 40 Years, Research Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human population growth over the next 40 or so years will cause the extinction of a great number of mammal and bird species, according to new research from Ohio State University.<\/p>\n

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The new research states that a typical growing nation should expect at least 3.3% more threatened species in the next decade and an increase of 10.8% species threatened with extinction by 2050. (Author’s note: When taken together with the large body of previous research on this subject, these figures are very ‘optimistic’…)<\/p>\n

As per the research — the US is currently ranked sixth in the world with regards to the number of new species expected to be listed as ‘threatened’ by 2050.<\/p>\n

While there has been previous work done which has suggested “a strong relationship between human population density and the number of threatened mammal and bird species at a given point in time,” this is the first that definitively links expanding human populations to a decline for these other species, and to their possible extinction.<\/p>\n