Are We Living a Sixth Mass Extinction? [BBVA, December 2021]

Title:

Are We Living a Sixth Mass Extinction?

 

Author:

Marcos Morales Peláez

Professor of Biology and Geology and editor at Aulabiologia.com 

 

Published:

BBVA, 21 December 2021

https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/bioscience/are-we-living-a-sixth-mass-extinction/

 

From the article:

“The world is, and always has been, in a state of flux.” With this simple phrase, the IUCN –International Union for Conservation of Nature– began its 2007 report with data regarding endangered species featured on their Red List. Perhaps the brevity of our existence causes us to forget, but this phrase reminds us that we live on a dynamic planet. One with several natural processes such as the natural selection of species and the collision of tectonic plates under our feet. Extinction is also a process such as these that is imperceptible, but that occurs continuously and constantly.

The 6th Mass Extinction Really Has Begun, Scientists Warn in Newly Published Study [ScienceAlert, January 2022]

Title:

The 6th Mass Extinction Really Has Begun, Scientists Warn in Newly Published Study

 

Author:

Peter Dockrill

 

Published:

ScienceAlert, 18 January 2022

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-evidence-confirms-the-sixth-mass-extinction-has-already-begun-scientists-warn

 

From the article:

The signs of death are everywhere, if you look. For years, scientists have rung the alarm bell, warning that grave declines in animal biodiversity around the globe herald the onset of what will be Earth's sixth mass extinction.

 

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The Sixth Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12816

Researchers Argue That Earth Is In The Midst Of A Modern, Human-Made, Sixth Extinction [Forbes, 14 June 2020]

Title:
Researchers Argue That Earth Is In The Midst Of A Modern, Human-Made, Sixth Extinction

Author:
David Bressan

Published:
Forbes, 14 June 2020
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/06/14/researchers-argue-that-earth-is-in-the-midst-of-a-modern-man-made-sixth-extinction/#386e0fae2f44

From the article:
Researchers argue that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, human-made, sixth extinction.

A newly published study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science evaluated the extinction risk of 29,374 land-based vertebrates.