Species extinction

Many scientists now believe that humans are responsible for the 6th mass extinction event on earth (the 5th being the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. The most famous victim of this event being the Dinosaurs.) As the climate changes and habitats are destroyed, more and more animals are being pushed towards extinction, in fact 1 report states that humans are responsible for wiping out 60% of animal populations since 1970.

One study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences eschews the normally sober tone of scientific papers and calls the massive loss of wildlife a “biological annihilation” that represents a “frightening assault on the foundations of human civilisation.”

Please watch this video from the BBC about species extinction and how climate change is accelerating it.