Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines
Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines
G. Ceballos,P. Ehrlich,R. Dirzo
2017 · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1704949114
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2,104 citaten
TLDR
The population extinction pulse shows, from a quantitative viewpoint, that Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusively at species extinctions and humanity needs to address anthropogenic population extirpation and decimation immediately.