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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    United Nations predicts dire future for biodiversity

    The United Nations released a biodiversity report today that says one million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction soon. The report’s authors say it’s going to take a worldwide effort to change that outcome.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 6, 2019 • 1 min read

    The United Nations released a biodiversity report today that says one million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction soon. The report’s authors say it’s going to take a worldwide effort to change that outcome.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Instagram experiments with hiding likes on posts
    1. 0:00United Nations predicts dire future for biodiversityYou’re reading this
    2. 8:56Democrats’ efforts to subpoena Trump’s financial records
    3. 18:05What are the effects of telling the story of a Holocaust victim on Instagram?
    4. 24:44How could hiding likes on Instagram affect influencers and advertisers?
    5. 38:51LA’s Fanny is critically praised but largely forgotten
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