{"id":3136,"date":"2010-10-07T10:27:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T14:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2016-11-03T09:48:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:48:21","slug":"rate-of-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/rate-of-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Rate of Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s rate of extinction of species is <strong>1,000 to 10,000 times<\/strong> the natural rate suggested by the fossil record, which was about <strong>one species per million species a year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31442\" alt=\"fossil_fish2\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/fossil_fish2.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/fossil_fish2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/fossil_fish2-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/fossil_fish2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hww.ca\/hww2.asp?id=222\">http:\/\/www.hww.ca\/hww2.asp?id=222<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2890 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"2010_biodiversity_logo_convention\" alt=\"biodiversity logo convention 2010\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010_biodiversity_logo_convention.png\" width=\"580\" height=\"95\" align=\"aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010_biodiversity_logo_convention.png 920w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010_biodiversity_logo_convention-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010_biodiversity_logo_convention-768x125.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010_biodiversity_logo_convention-696x113.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2010 is the Year of Biodiversity and <\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Earth Rangers<\/span><\/strong><strong> has teamed up with <\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The United Nations Convention<\/span><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">on Biological Diversity<\/span><\/strong><strong> to bring you a daily dose of <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=1223\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">biodiversity basics<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earth Rangers<\/span><\/a> is a non-profit organization that works to inspire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/resources.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">educate<\/span><\/a> children about the environment. 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