Endangered species
The UN claimed a million species of plants and animals could become extinct. If they all died out, how many would we be left with?
— The number of new species being discovered is growing at a faster rate than species are dying out. In 2011, the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre estimated there were 8.7
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