The last mass extinction marked the end of the dinosaur-era. Now, planet earth is possibly facing its sixth mass extinction and it will be the first one, that is solely based on human activity. We can already see first signs of mass extinction and it might even be too late to stop it or atleast undo the harm that has already been inflicted. Climate change, unsustainable use of land and water, pollution and habitat destruction are only a few reasons.
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00:00 Intro/General Information
00:54 What is a mass extinction?
02:00 What is causing the new mass extinction?
03:20 What can we expect from the new mass extinction?
04:58 How can we stop/prevent it?
06:16 Outro


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The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact,fiction orspeculation? - Robert H. Cowie, Philippe Bouchet, Benoît Fontaine - Biological Reviews 97 (2022) 640–663 © 2021 The Authors. Biological Reviews published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Cambridge Philosophical Society.


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