Tuesday, August 14, 2012

North American freshwater fish are going extinct at a rate over 800 times the fossil record


From 1900-2010, freshwater fish species in North America went extinct at a rate 877 times faster than the rate found in the fossil record, while estimates indicate the rate may double between now and 2050. This new information comes from a U.S. Geological Survey study to be published in the September issue of the journal BioScience. 

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