A new study of mass die-offs amongst animal species shows a marked increase in deaths of birds, fish and marine invertebrates. The findings come from an analysis of 727 mass die-offs of 2,500 animal species over the past 70 years. The study also shows decreasing deaths for reptiles and amphibians,and an unchanged rate for mammals. Die-offs can kill more than 90 percent of species’ population, and this study is the first attempt to quantify patterns in the frequency, magnitude and cause of such die-offs.
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