Wildlife Population Plummeted Since 1970

Wildlife Population Plummeted Since 1970

Author: Scientific American October 5, 2014 Duration: 2:46
A World Wildlife Fund report estimates losses of 40 percent of all individual land and sea animals, and a 70 percent population crash of all river animals, since 1970. David Biello reports  

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