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-1. 6th Extinction
-1. Though muted, there are still concerns and denial of Mass Extinction [Cartoon]. Briefly the Earth is at the beginning of a global wide mass extinction. The sheer numbers of species (flora, fauna) that have disappeared, the loss of habitats and biodiversity, the increasing number of species that are adapting to the Anthropocene conditions (becoming new species), clearly are indications of a dramatic shift of the biosphere (punctuated with accelerated biocalamaties). UN Report: Humanity Is at an Unprecedented Moment.
-A. This is not necessarily a doomsday prediction, despite the odds, Life Finds a Way. That however does not mean that Homo Sap will not go extinct. In fact, the distinguishing feature of this mass extinction event is the causative agent is a single species, and the speed at which is occurring and now accelerating the extinction event. [Cartoon].
-B. As far as the paleontological record shows there are very few species that have not eventually gone extinct, and while there have been mass extinctions of life on Earth, there has not yet been a total extinction. In addition, there are still traces of previous life forms in contemporary life. Presumably as long as there are lithic, hydro, thermo, magneto and atmospheres, a biosphere can develop. Same for the anthroposphere. Population, cultures, civilizations, societies have all been destroyed, collapsed, conquered, or forced to migrate, but as long as there are people, artifacts, domesticated species and biosphere, an anthroposphere remains.
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