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Pacific Standard: Species disappearing faster than we can count. By Sophia V. Schweitzer
Discover magazine prizes research from our lab among the top 100 science stories of 2011
Discover Magazine: How Many Species Inhabit the Earth?. By Veronique Greenwood
Oceanography magazine: 27 Earths Needed by Year 2050: Protected Areas Not Enough to Stem Biodiversity Loss. By Cheryl Lyn Dybas
New York Times: How Many Species? A Study Says 8.7 Million, but It is Tricky. By Carl Zimmer
The Huffingtonpost: Biodiversity in Peril: Six New Species and the Sixth Great Extinction. By David Suzuki
El Tiempo: Camilo Mora, el hombre que descifro el numero de especies del planeta. By Julian Isaza
The Economist: Number of the beasts By The Economist staff
Australian Geographic: World has 8.7 million species, most unknown By AG staff
The Independent: The world has 8.7 million species (but we've hardly met any of them) By Michael McCarthy
Plos Biology: Why Worry about How Many Species and Their Loss? By Robert May
The Huffingtonpost: Biodiversity On Earth Plummets, Despite Growth in Protected Habitats. By Tom Zeller
El Clarin: Calculo historico: viven en la Tierra 8.700.000 especies. By Sibila Camps
Science: 8.7 Million: A New Estimate for All the Complex Species on Earth. By Daniel Strain
El Espectador: El contador de seres vivos. By Lisbeth Fog
Fox News: Millions species on earth yet to be discovered study says. By Associated Press
Nature News: Number of species on Earth tagged at 8.7 million. By Lee Sweetlove
The Telegraph: Earth is home to 8.7 million species. By Nick Collins
The Guardian: Planet Earth is home to 8.7 million species, scientists estimate. By Suzanne Goldenberg
New Scientist: One world, 8.7 million species, most still unknown. By Andy Coghlan
Washington Post: 8.7 million species exist on Earth, study estimates. By Juliet Eilperin
New York Times Editorial: How Many Leaves on the Tree of Life?.
Aljazeera: Earth's systems in rapid decline. By Stephen Leahy
Earth Times: Reserves alone cannot stop biodiversity collapse. By Martin Leggett
BBC: The case against protection. By Richard Black
Yahoo News: Protected spaces not stemming loss of biodiversity on land, water. By Alison Auld
Yahoo Noticias (Agencia EFE): Las áreas protegidas no evitan la pérdida de biodiversidad. By Julio César Rivas
Macleans: A world of 10 billion. By Charlie Gillis and Kate Lunau
CNN: New study warns on coral reef diversity. By Matthew Knight
CNN en Español: Los humanos son más dañinos para los corales de lo que se pensaba: estudio. By Matthew Knight
National Geographic News: Ocean Ecosystem Services Can Increase — But Only if We Take Less. By Enric Sala
ABC: La mayoria de los paises incumple las normas para garantizar las pesquerias
Discover Magazine: A warmer ocean is a less green one
Publico España: El calentamiento puede llevar el caos a los oceanos By Manuel Ansede
Salon: Plundering the oceans. By Katharine Mieszkowski
Science: A World Without Corals?. By Richard Stone
Science: Seeing Deeply Into the Sea's Biodiversity. By Elizabeth Penisi
The Guardian: Human activity blamed for decline of coral reefs. By James Randerson
Climate Shift: Management effectiveness of the world’s marine fisheries. By John Bruno
Reuters: New approach needed to save coral reefs. By Michael Kahn
The Telegraph: Humans 'a growing danger to coral'. By Roger Highfield
Yahoo News: Less Than Two Percent of Coral Reefs Properly Protected. By Alister Doyle
Discovery Channel News: Reefs at Threat, Even When Protected. By Jessica Marshall
Science Blog: Science No Help for Fisheries Without Transparency. By Erik Stokstad
Associated Press: Failed policies, corruption is leading to overfishing. By Michael Casey
Nasa: NASA Coral Reef Images Key to New Global Survey. By Stephen Cole
Environment News Service: Human Activities Endangering Caribbean Coral Reefs
Nature Blog: Reef deaths are our fault. By Daniel Cressey
Mongabay: Extinction risk accelerated when interacting human threats interact
CBC News: Marine biologists sound alarm for coral reefs, coastal seas
CDNN: Coastal development, human population increase killing coral reefs
Science: Biodiversity Research Still Grounded. By Iris E. Hendriks and two others
Agencia EFE: Medidas para proteger los arrecifes coralinos son insuficientes. By Julio César Rivas
Popular Science: Science is beautiful
Mongabay: Human activity is killing coral reefs in the Caribbean. By Jeremy Hance
Nature: The how and why of biodiveristy. By Kevin Gaston