Species extinction rates have been overreported, new study claims -- but global extinction crisis remains very serious
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The most widely used methods for calculating species extinction rates are "fundamentally flawed" and overestimate extinction rates by as much as 160 percent, scientists report. However, while the problem of species extinction caused by habitat loss is not as dire as many conservationists and scientists had believed, the global extinction crisis is real.