Recently, two articles were published in leading scientific journals, each calling attention to
an emerging mass extinction. The two are complementary in that they reached the same …

There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused
by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may …

Today the number of species is the largest in the history of life; however a considerable
proportion of that biodiversity is endangered and many species have suffered anthropogenic …

To assess whether Earth is currently experiencing a human-induced “sixth” mass extinction,
scientists over the past 20 years have compared modern rates of extinction with the widely …

This paper re-evaluates whether we are really at the start of a mass extinction caused by
humans. I consider the present, past and future of human-caused extinctions. As regards the …

Since about J600, 486 animal species have been recorded extinct. This represents about
0.04% of all animal species so far described. In the same period, 600 plant species are …

The Earth's biodiversity is a well-spring for scientific curiosity about nature's workings. It is
also a source of joy and inspiration for inquisitive minds, from poets to philosophers, and …

This chapter contains sections titled: The human future and extinctions: crisis or conspiracy?
How many species are there? Background extinction rates The past as a guide to the future …

Extinction is a common phenomenon as shown by the fact that almost all fossil taxa are
extinct. But when diverse organism assemblages disappear at, or near, a single geological …

Extinction Rates: Modern extinctions in the kilo-death range: Current Biology Skip to Main
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