Sixth mass extinction is here — with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to:

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/sixth-mass-extinction-is-here-with-animals-disappearing-about-100-times-faster-than-they-used-to-study/

Sixth mass extinction is here — with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to: study+Agence France-Presse
20 Jun 2015 at 11:45 ET

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 the age of the dinosaurs ended 66 million years ago has the planet been losing species at this rapid a rate, said a study led by experts at Stanford University, Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley.

The study “shows without any significant doubt that we are now entering the sixth great mass extinction event,” said co-author Paul Ehrlich, a Stanford University professor of biology.

And humans are likely to be among the species lost, said the study — which its authors described as “conservative” — published in the journal Science Advances.

[cstanleytech]

1. Well doh, what did they think they would find considering things like

how we are overfishing the oceans and cutting down the varies forests as well as expanding our cities and towns outward (even though we dont have to) and destroying land that varies animals and plants used to live on?

[Panich52]

4. And now GOP wants Congress to abrogate responsibility over spoiling parks & forests by Big Oil

House bill & 2 in Senate to let pipelines be built thru without Congressional review, as is now required.

I don't think conservs posess the normal human capacity to plan for the future -- at least not unless it concerns gaining power or immediate monetary gains.

[ladjf]

2. The human race apparently doesn't have enough sense to survive much longer.

First the kill everything in sight, render the environment uninhabitable ,then they themselves are unable to survive.
Who would have thought it?

[Panich52]

3. Video by Stanford researchers (EarthSky)

Sixth mass extinction is happening now
Jun 22, 2015
by Eleanor Imster in Videos » Earth, Human World, Science Wire

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