A new mass extinction could be underway, researchers say
(CNN)Sixty-five million years ago, the dinosaurs disappeared in what's known as the Earth's fifth mass extinction. Today, a sixth mass extinction could be well underway and humans are the likely...
View ArticleHumans creating sixth great extinction of animal species, say scientists
Study reveals rate of extinction for species in the 20th century has been up to 100 times higher than would have been normal without human impact ...
View ArticleEarth entering 6th mass extinction, study warns
Animal species are disappearing at an accelerating rate — portending the sixth mass extinction in the 4.5-billion-year history of Earth, a new study concludes. “We are entering a mass extinction...
View ArticleSixth mass extinction on Earth already underway: Study
The world is undergoing a sixth mass extinction of its biodiversity even by using “extremely conservative assumptions,” scientists say. In an article published in the journal Science Advances on...
View ArticleWe're going the way of the dinosaur: study finds Earth's species disappearing...
Is time ticking for the human race? Photo: Bloomberg Pope blasts global warming deniersPope blasts global warming deniers 10 key excerpts from Pope Francis' encyclical Animal species are disappearing...
View ArticleMore proof that human beings are party to our own demise, but will we act?
There are examples of species all over the world that are "essentially the walking dead", said Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlich. "We are sawing off the limb that we are sitting on." He was...
View ArticleHere's More Proof Earth Is in Its 6th Mass Extinction
Diverse animals across the globe are slipping away and dying as Earth enters its sixth mass extinction, a new study finds. Over the last century, species of vertebrates are dying out up to 114 times...
View ArticleThe Sixth Mass Extinction: We Aren’t The Dinosaurs, We’re The Asteroid
Yes, humans are probably to blame for the Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, which is wiping out species at a rate 53 times greater than normal. Extinction is an inevitable consequence of evolution....
View ArticleIs the Planet Headed for an Extinction Crisis? (University of Florida)
(Source: University of Florida) GAINESVILLE, Fla. - In the movie "Avatar," so many magnificent animals have gone extinct that scientists can only study them virtually. This environmentally ravaged...
View ArticleThe walking (or swimming) dead
''There are examples of species all over the world that are essentially the walking dead,'' said Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlich. ''We are sawing off the limb that we are sitting on.'' He...
View ArticleGwynne Dyer commentary: 6th mass extinction under way, and humans are reason why
“There are examples of species all over the world that are essentially the walking dead,” said Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlich. “We are sawing off the limb that we are sitting on." He was...
View ArticleThe world is entering a mass extinction event
Miami (AFP) - The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned Friday, and humans could be among the first...
View ArticleEarth Has Entered First 'Mass Extinction' Since Dinosaurs, Study Warns
The Earth has entered its sixth mass extinction phase, a new study warns, and the time we have to avoid dramatic consequences is rapidly running out. Vertebrates -- which include mammals, birds,...
View ArticleEarth is on the brink of a sixth mass extinction, scientists say, and it's...
A tree in a deforested area of the Amazon in 2014. Biologists say that deforestation and other human activity have contributed to the extinction of hundreds of species in the past 114 years. Photo:...
View ArticleHere's proof that Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction
Diverse animals across the globe are slipping away and dying, as Earth enters its sixth mass extinction, a new study finds. Over the last century, species of vertebrates are dying out up to 114 times...
View ArticleEarth Suffering A Sixth Extinction And It’s All Our Fault — But Is The...
The last mass extinction took place 65 million years ago: the dinosaurs. The picture emerging from a new study is indeed grim. Its authors suggest that vertebrates are dying 114 times faster than if...
View ArticleMass extinction 'already triggered'
Humans have already triggered the start of Earth's sixth mass extinction, thereby threatening their own future as a species, a hard-hitting new study has claimed. The window of opportunity to prevent...
View ArticleStanford researcher declares that the sixth mass extinction is here (Stanford...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, June 19, 2015 Paul Ehrlich and others use highly conservative estimates to prove that species are disappearing faster than at any time since the...
View ArticleStart of Earth’s mass extinction ‘already triggered’
Humans have already triggered the start of Earth’s sixth mass extinction, thereby threatening their own future as a species, a hard-hitting new study has claimed. The window of opportunity to prevent...
View ArticleHumans may fall victim as world undergoes 'sixth great mass extinction', warn...
The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned on Friday, and humans could be among the first victims. Not...
View ArticleSixth mass extinction is here, humans can be the first victims : US study
The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned Friday, and humans could be among the first victims. Not since...
View ArticleEarth embarking on sixth mass extinction: US study
MIAMI: The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned Friday, and humans could be among the first victims. Not...
View ArticleEarth entering sixth mass extinction phase: study
MIAMI: Earth is embarking on its sixth mass extinction phase with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists have warned, and humans could be among the first victims. Not...
View ArticleStudy finds Earth entering 6th extinction phase, many species including...
MIAMI: The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned on Friday, and humans could be among the first victims....
View ArticleEarth entering 6th extinction phase, many species including humans labelled...
MIAMI: The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned on Friday, and humans could be among the first victims....
View ArticleEarth is entering sixth extinction phase with many species – including our...
The planet is entering a new period of extinction with top scientists warning that species all over the world are “essentially the walking dead” – including our own. The report, authored by scientists...
View ArticleEarth is entering sixth extinction phase with many species - including our...
The plant is entering a new period of extinction with top scientists warning that species all over the world are “essentially the walking dead” – including our own. The report, authored by scientists...
View ArticleEarth Enters Sixth Extinction Phase With Many Species – Including Our Own –...
By Rose Troup Buchanan June 21, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "The Independent" - The planet is entering a new period of extinction with top scientists warning that species all over the world are...
View ArticleEarth 'entering new extinction phase' - US study
20 June 2015 From the section Science & Environment comments Climate change and deforestation are among the reasons we may be facing an extinction event The Earth has entered a new period of...
View ArticleSixth mass extinction is here: US study
The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned Friday, and humans could be among the first victims. Not since...
View ArticleRadical Overhaul Needed To Halt Earth’s Sixth Great Extinction Event
Life has existed on Earth for roughly 3.7 billion years. During that time we know of five mass extinction events — dramatic episodes when many, if not most, life forms vanished in a geological...
View ArticleEarth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Has Begun, New Study Confirms
We are currently witnessing the start of a mass extinction event the likes of which have not been seen on Earth for at least 65 million years. This is the alarming finding of a new study published in...
View ArticleEarth's species disappearing at frightening rate, study finds
McClatchyTribune Saturday, June 20, 2015 1:29am Animal species are disappearing at an accelerating rate — portending the sixth mass extinction in the 4.5-billion-year history of the Earth, a new study...
View ArticleDodging a sixth mass extinction (University of California - Berkeley)
(Source: University of California - Berkeley) BERKELEY - Tony Anthony Barnosky's father was a butcher, his grandfather an underground coal miner. He himself, fresh out of college, worked for ARCO to...
View ArticleEarth faces sixth ‘great extinction’ with 41% of amphibians set to go the way...
Analysis for prestigious Nature magazine sounds alarm on the way that human activity, from overfishing to agriculture, is forcing a vast number of species to vanish from the wild...
View ArticleHow humans can try to prevent sixth mass extinction
Scientists have a dire warning for us; that we are in the beginning stages of a mass extinction that could threaten humanity's existence. (Video via NASA) "We are now entering another one of these...
View ArticleEarth is on track for a mass extinction, and humans are to blame, study says
Today’s animal species are disappearing at a rate up to 100 times higher than they did in the past -- and humans are responsible, a new study warns. Since the year 1500, at least 338 species of...
View ArticleSixth Great Mass Extinction Event Begins
2015 on Pace to Become Hottest Year on Record By Dahr Jamail June 30, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "Truthout" - At the end of May, a few friends and I opted to climb a couple of the larger...
View ArticleThe ninth extinction (Greenpeace International)
(Source: Greenpeace International) Earth's living community is now suffering the most severe biodiversity crisis in 65 million years, since a meteorite struck near modern Chicxulub, Mexico, injecting...
View ArticleHumans have 'already triggered mass extinction', new study claims
Mankind has already triggered Earth’s next mass extinction and threated its own existence, according to an influential new study. Our window of opportunity to prevent the worst diversity disaster since...
View ArticleThe Earth stands on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and the fault is ours
The rate at which vertebrate species are dying far exceeds the norm...
View ArticleWhat do the Pyrenean ibex, St. Helena olive, Baiji dolphin, Liverpool pigeon,...
https://www.modernghana.com/news/660408/1/extinction-is-forever.html Extinction Is Forever By Robert J. Burrowes December 09, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - What do the Pyrenean ibex, St. Helena...
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