TL.DR, there are ~2 million known species of animals. There are probably more of plants, and apparently nobody cares about fungus or other kingdoms of life. So, it’s a big dent, but the number looks even small in a worst-case scenario WW3.
I remember there being around 30,000 animal species threatened by extinction, but I have no idea when or from where I heard that.
https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-species-are-there
TL.DR, there are ~2 million known species of animals. There are probably more of plants, and apparently nobody cares about fungus or other kingdoms of life. So, it’s a big dent, but the number looks even small in a worst-case scenario WW3.
I remember there being around 30,000 animal species threatened by extinction, but I have no idea when or from where I heard that.
Oof! Only around 2 million? I had assumed it was in the billions range. Yeah, 600k is pretty significant. 😨