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B.Sc. Part-II Semester -III, Examination, November, 2019 Examination date

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B.Sc. Part-II Semester-III Examination, November, 2019 Examination

The World's Plants are Going Extinct about 500 Times Faster than they should, Study Finds...

The World's Plants are Going Extinct about 500 Times Faster than they should, Study Finds. Seed plants — including most trees, flowers and fruit-bearing plants — are going extinct about 500 times faster than they should be, a new study shows. If you're the sort of person who just can't keep a plant alive, you're not alone — according to a new study published June 10 in the journal  Nature Ecology & Evolution , the entire planet seems to be suffering from a similar affliction. After analyzing the populations of more than 330,000 seed-bearing plants around the world, the study authors found that about three plant species have  gone extinct  on Earth every year since 1900 — a rate that's roughly 500 times higher than the natural extinction rate for those types of plants, which include most trees, flowers and fruit-bearing plants. Unsurprisingly, human activity plays a key role in this elevated extinction trend. [ Wipe Out: History's Most Mysterious ...