Modern botanists have proved that according to research results, extinction of plants occurs 350 times faster.

As this is not regrettable, the species of the plant world has thinned very rapidly in recent years, although the inhabitants of cities do not notice this. The process of death of flora representatives is so rapid that scientists gave it the name of the sixth mass extinction in the life of the universe. Soon this can lead to the complete disappearance of more than 1 million species of the plant world.

It was rather difficult for scientists to give such an assessment of the state of modern flora. This is due to the uneven arrangement of plants on Earth, as well as the fact that data on the number of plants, even today, are fragmentary. For example, on about. Madagascar grows more than 12 thousand species of plants, of which 80% can no longer be found in any corner of the world.

In the UK, you can find only 2 thousand species of vegetation representatives, among which only 5% are endemic. Scientists claim that the rich world of vegetation in Madagascar can be called a modern oasis, but, despite this, it is considered a hot spot for the extinction of flora.

The botanists did a great job, the main task of which was to process data on more than 300 species of vegetation that have already become extinct.They tried to establish the main factors affecting this process.

According to the results of the studies, it was found that the main reason for such a sharp increase in the extinction rate of a huge number of plant species is the negative impact of human life: the development of agriculture and the process of urbanization. Grassy plants are particularly susceptible to extinction, which is becoming one of the most important problems of our time.