Humans are more at risk from diseases as biodiversity disappears

13/03/2020 por Tatu D'Oquei

People often ask me, “Why should I care if a species goes extinct? It’s not essential to my daily life, is it?” Well, according to new research published December 2 in Nature, the answer is yes—healthy biodiversity is essential to human health.

Link: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/humans-are-more-at-risk-from-diseases-as-biodiversity-disappears/