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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * A "Crossroads" for Humanity: Earth's Biodiversity is still collapsing.
 * This article is extremely relevant to the topic of biodiversity. It provides information about what people are doing to harm the Earth and some ways to fix it. It also provided information about how animals and plants were being affected by the harmful actions of people. The article does seem to be a little bit biased. I think the author is very confident in her opinion of how people are hurting this Earth. She seems to only see the bad in it, although she does provide ways to protect it. Most claims do have citations or redirects to another page where the information was found. Yes, the citations are reliable. The article does tackle one of Wikipedias equity gaps because it is talking about biodiversity and how it is being harmed, :
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/climate/biodiversity-united-nations-report.html
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/climate/biodiversity-united-nations-report.html

Option 2

 * 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference:
 * I believe this article is relevant to the topic because it gives information about an important meeting between the nations about what they needed to do to protect the environment and climate. The main thing in the meeting is that 30% of oceans and lands will be protected by 2030. The article is very neutral toned. There is no bias and only gives facts about what went on during the meeting. Each citation is reliable and each claim is cited at the bottom. There are also words that redirect you to other pages to give further information. It does tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps because, again, it is about biodiversity and how people are taking action to prevent harm. :
 * 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Option 3

 * Rainforest's next generation of trees threatened 30 years after logging :
 * This article is extremely relevant to the topic of biodiversity as it gives a closer look as to what is happening. This specific example gives insight of just one way people have harmed the climate and environment. Trees are having trouble surviving and replanting in areas where people have been logging. They are more likely to survive in natural forests where humans have not touched. This article is definitely written neutrally. It only gives information about what is going on and what the researches observed and concluded. There is no bias. There are not many citations, but at the end there is one. The citation is reliable. It does tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps as it talks once more about biodiversity and how people are harming the Earth. :
 * https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240312133833.htm

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