All about 6th Mass Extinction.
                     All about 6th Mass Extinction
Sixth mass extinction
• The Holocene extinction, otherwise referred to as the sixth 
mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction, is an ongoing 
extinction event of species during the present Holocene or 
Anthropocene epoch, as a result of human activity.
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Massive extinction
• The included extinctions span numerous families of plants and 
animals, including mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and 
arthropods, with widespread degradation of highly biodiverse 
habitats such as coral reefs and rainforests.
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Currently under way
• A “biological annihilation” of wildlife in recent decades means a 
sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history is under way and is 
more severe than previously feared, according to research. 
Scientists analysed both common and rare species and found 
billions of regional or local populations have been lost
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Who is to be blamed?
• They blame human overpopulation and overconsumption for 
the crisis and warn that it threatens the survival of human 
civilization, with just a short window of time in which to act. It is 
a frightening assault on the foundations of human civilization
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Millions of species lost
• The scientists found that a third of the thousands of 
species losing populations are not currently considered 
endangered and that up to 50% of all individual animals 
have been lost in recent decades.
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Extinction progress way beyond
• The scientists found billions of populations of mammals, 
birds, reptiles and amphibians have been lost all over the 
planet, leading them to say a sixth mass extinction has 
already progressed further than was thought.
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Humans are responsible
• Wildlife is dying out due to habitat destruction, overhunting, 
toxic pollution, invasion by alien species and climate 
change. But the ultimate cause of all of these factors is 
human overpopulation and continued population growth
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Overconsumption
• Overconsumption, especially by the rich, is one of the main 
causes. The serious warning needs to be heeded because 
civilisation depends utterly on the plants, animals and 
organisms of Earth that supply it with essential ecosystem 
services
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What can be done?
• The time to act is very short. It will, sadly, take a long time to 
humanely begin the population shrinkage required if civilisation 
is to long survive, but much could be done on the consumption 
front and with wildlife reserves, diversity protection laws, in the 
meantime.
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