Article #15 1/23/13Griffith University. "Extinction rates not as bad as feared ... for now: Scientists challenge common belief." ScienceDaily, 24 Jan. 2013. Web. 24 Jan. 2013.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130124150806.htm
Topic: Animal Extinction
This article is about how some scientists are saying that extinction rates are not as high as people believe. Professor Stork, the Deputy Head of the Griffith School of Environment participated in a study that found that the number of eukaryotic species on the planet are actually around 5 million when there have been estimates of 100 million. Stork says that in developed countries where funding has been cut, the amount of taxonomists in developing countries are actually increasing. Throughout the world there are actually two to three times more taxonomists as there were 20 years ago. According to Stork, climate change will cause a dramatic change in species survival rates and at this point there is still no way to find out by how much extinction rates could increase.
I thought this article was interesting because it was different from articles that i've read before where they talk about how high extinction rates are and that all of these species are in danger when in reality the numbers are just exaggerated. 5 million is still a large number and we should still be concerned about the future of the world's species of animals but it's a little less overwhelming than seeing 100 million species.
Topic: Animal Extinction
This article is about how some scientists are saying that extinction rates are not as high as people believe. Professor Stork, the Deputy Head of the Griffith School of Environment participated in a study that found that the number of eukaryotic species on the planet are actually around 5 million when there have been estimates of 100 million. Stork says that in developed countries where funding has been cut, the amount of taxonomists in developing countries are actually increasing. Throughout the world there are actually two to three times more taxonomists as there were 20 years ago. According to Stork, climate change will cause a dramatic change in species survival rates and at this point there is still no way to find out by how much extinction rates could increase.
I thought this article was interesting because it was different from articles that i've read before where they talk about how high extinction rates are and that all of these species are in danger when in reality the numbers are just exaggerated. 5 million is still a large number and we should still be concerned about the future of the world's species of animals but it's a little less overwhelming than seeing 100 million species.