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- Number of species on Earth tagged at 8. 7 million - BioEd Online
In the more than 250 years since Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus began the science of taxonomy, 1 2 million species have been identified and classified — less than 15% of Mora's new total At this pace, May estimates that it will take another 480 years to complete the job of recording all species The catalogue of life
- The Earth’s biodiversity could be much greater than we thought
Some species are going extinct even before we discover them Scientists have named nearly 2 million species, but the estimated total number out there has ranged from 3 million to 100 million
- What is the estimated number of animal species on Earth?
Scientists estimate that there are around 8 7 million different species of animals on Earth However, only about 1 2 million have been identified and described so far This means that there are potentially millions of species that are yet to be discovered
- How many species on Earth? 8. 7 million - EurekAlert!
8 7 million (give or take 1 3 million) is the new, estimated total number of species on Earth -- the most precise calculation ever offered -- with 6 5 million species on land and 2 2 million in oceans Announced by the Census of Marine Life and published by PLoS Biology, the figure is based on a new analytical technique The number of species on Earth had been estimated previously at 3 million
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- Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink - Euronews
More importantly, there is a vast reservoir of species that we have yet to discover Scientists have identified some 1 2 million species in the world, but estimate there are about 8 7 million
- Planet Earths Species Count Put At 8. 7m - Sky News
Planet Earth is home to 8 7 million species of animals and plants, most of which are still unknown to science, experts say Scientists arrived at the figure after adopting a new approach to
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