Scientists Warn of Mass Extinction Event

When we think of mass extinction, most of us envision a hurtling rock blazing across the sky, a massive fireball slamming into Earth covering the planet in a cloud of debris and killing off unsuspecting dinosaurs. But what if, instead, we envisioned the gradual loss of tigers, rhinoceroses, elephants, and polar bears? What if, instead, one day we looked out our window to see 75 per cent fewer birds, squirrels or deer? Already, we’ve lost around 97 per cent of the world’s tigers. In 2013, the western black rhino was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the last one being seen in 2006. The idea that humanity might be headed towards — or in the midst of — a mass extinction event might sound unbelievable to some. Others might think it a fear-mongering tactic by environmentalists. However, though scientists around the world may disagree as to the rate of species we are losing, most agree that we are either at the start of a mass extinction event or in the middle of one. What is a mass extinction? In order to be considered a mass extinction, 75 per cent of known species must go extinct. Earth has experienced five mass extinction events. The first was 445-440 million years ago where more than 80 per cent of all species were lost. The second was about 375 to 359 million years ago. Roughly 80 per cent of all species were lost in that event. The third event — and the worst of the five — occurred 252 million years. Almost 95 per cent of the world’s species was wiped off the planet. Roughly 80 per cent of the world’s species was lost in the fourth event, 201 million years ago. And then, the most notable of all extinction events occurred 65 million years ago when an asteroid slammed into Earth changing Earth’s climate dramatically and wiping out the dinosaurs. “The common thing in all events, are major changes in the chemistry of the atmosphere, the chemistry of the oceans, and particularly, the carbon cycle,” Anthony Barnosky, professor of integrated biology, University of California, Berkeley said. And that is just what’s happening now. Related terms: alien artifacts alien greys aliens ancient astronauts Anunnaki Apocalypse Area 51 asteroid astral projection astral travel astral world astronaut Atlantis ATS Black ops fallen angel fallen angels cataclysm CIA galactic federation of lights conspiracy crop circles Crystal skull disclosure Egyptian Sumerian end of the world end of times ET technology ETs Experiments Extraterrestrial extra terrestrial contact extra terrestrial life extra terrestrial planet shadow people shadow person ghost haunting haunted house FBI flying rods flying saucer miracle miracles angel angels HAARP Conspiracy theory how to survive nukes Maya calendar Maya prophecies military Mysteries Mysterious Lights Mystery`s NASA Nibiru new world order News planet Nostradamus nuclear bases numerology Objects near the sun orb orbs paranormal Phoenix lights Planet X ancient prophecies prophecy Psychic Phenomenon Red planet Religion reptilian reptilians Roswell 1947 Secret aircraft sky fish Solar maximum Space supernatural surviving Disclosure Time traveler time travel time machine UFO disclosure UFO's unidentified coast to coast am near death experience near death experiences NDE NDE's angel angels demon demons haunted haunting heaven hell bible code Virgin Mary web bot Loch Ness monster Nessy Sasquatch bigfoot secret society heaven sighting caught on camera strange odd weird creature creatures unknown guardian angel miracle miracles freemasonry freemason unidentified unidentifiable unidentified creature strange creature strange object unidentified animal unidentified object harpazo caught on video caught on camera paul begley isis isil obama syria iraq russia blood moon rapture blood moon tetrad blood moons




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