Extinction coat. The number of animals that surrounds us has been halved in one hundred years, from 1900 to 2015.

This depopulation has strong consequences on the planet: the “biological annihilation” represents a frightening assault on the foundations of human civilisation, according to the study just published on the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”.

Researchers say that the prospects don’t look good: “All signs point to ever more powerful assaults on biodiversity in the next two decades, painting a dismal picture of the future of life, including human life.”