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Scientists around the world are racing to record the genetic blueprints of every known species on the planet. The effort comes as the United Nations warns that an estimated one million plant and animal species are at risk of becoming extinct within the coming decades.
“This is absolutely urgent,” researcher Joanna Harley told CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi. “It’s really important to protect species on this planet. They share with us and they keep us going and the more we erode away at the world, the less there will be.”