Currently, the rate of species' extinctions at present is 10 to 100 times greater than any of the prior mass extinction events in the history of the Earth. If this rate of extinction continues or - worse - accelerates, the number of species becoming extinct in the next decade could number in the millions. SITUATION: An Endangered Species refers to any organism that is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either 1) few in number or 2) threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters.  As of 2006, the World Coservation Union has calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all known organisms in the world. Four reasons for concern about extinction ...

Currently, the rate of species' extinctions at present is 10 to 100 times greater than any of the prior mass extinction events in the history of the Earth. If this rate of extinction continues or - worse - accelerates, the number of species becoming extinct in the next decade could number in the millions.

SITUATION:

An Endangered Species refers to any organism that is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either 1) few in number or 2) threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters.  As of 2006, the World Coservation Union has calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all known organisms in the world.

Four reasons for concern about extinction are:

1. Loss of a species as a biological entity
2. Destabilization of an ecosystem
3. Endangerment of other species (perhaps even humans)
4. Loss of irreplaceable genetic material and associated biochemicals

YOU SHOULD CARE that your lifestyle and oftentimes your day-to-day indifference is contributing to the most severe period of species extinction in the history of the known world.

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