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    The article Should Extinction Be Forever? Restitution, Restoration, and Reviving Extinct Species by Christian Diehm discusses the concept of de-extinction or restoring species that were once extinct by human cause. The concept is very controversial and various authors and scientists have their views on it. Although it is a good idea on the outside, de-extinction has many problematic factors associated with it. The thylacine, or “Tasmanian tiger,” was declared extinct in 1936 when the last surviving

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    In 1800's the population growth is slow but when it reaches 1963 it grows rapidly. We side on don't panic because there will be no species extinction, if there will be no people abusing them. Low mortality rate is one of the cause of overpopulation and because of that it affect many aspect like economy, species extinction, limited resources( may tawag dito tina nakalimutan ko yung pag mas marami yung demand kesa supply). Technologically advancement in medicine is one of the visible sign of overpopulation

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    dinosaurs and similar species may have become extinct around this time period, their are many theories out there suggesting otherwise. So in light of that my question is , What mite have been the primary cause or ( causes ) of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass extinction ?. This particular question interested me primarily on the fact that it not only took away many species from earth, but also the many different theories that associate with this mass extinction. Just as quick as these species were taken from

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    almost all the species on land to extinct by 2050. Due to earth’s rapid warming that is now faster than at any time in the past 10,000 years, the species survival is likely to be at the fullest risk. The rapid heating temperature on earth almost always caused danger to plants, animals, places and even people’s livelihoods. It also damages the ecosystem, including coral reefs, whole loss of unique forms of life that will create a complete disaster on earth. These changes force the species to adapt to

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    The article Should Extinction Be Forever?,Restitution, Restoration, and Reviving Extinct Species by Christian Diehm, discusses the concept of de-extinction, or restoring species that were once extinct by human cause. The concept is very controversial and various authors and scientists have their views on it. Although a good idea on the outside, de-extinction has many problematic factors associated with it. The thylacine or “Tasmanian tiger”, was declared extinct in 1936 when the last surviving one

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    topic that biologists are most interested in is the patterns of life on Earth. One of the ultimate questions for a biologist to answer is how do new species arise, and for what reasons do they disappear? Biologists all over the world are searching for answers regarding the rapidly diminishing amounts, and in some cases, extinction of many of Earth’s species. Scientists are coming out with results that show current anthropogenic climate change is the main culprit for Earth’s continuing loss of biodiversity

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    Mass extinctions events have been going on for more than 443 million years. So far there have been five big events. Although the notion of mass extinctions has always been present, the usage of statistical methods to efficiently backup extinction data did not start until the 1900s. For the scientific community, mass extinction is the combined term that designates the extinction of a wide number of species disappearing in a relatively short period of time, although it does not account for its precision

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    environment. No other species has had such a huge impact on the world compared to that of humans. Being able to manipulate the environment to better suit their needs, but for every action there is an opposite and sometimes an even greater consequence. Many signs point to a great extinction occurring at this moment and it has correlation with the beginning of the Homo-sapiens’ expansion, more increasingly with the rise of the Industrial Era. Human hands have managed to touch every species on earth in one

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    Dinosaurs Extinction

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    the zoo no longer encompass the earth. Extinction is a reality that faces us today, and it is becoming even more prevalent as we progress into the future. Extinction might seem like a far-off problem for [Noah’s flood joke?] science fiction to deal with, but it isn’t; and it is important to know how and why extinction happens in our world today. Human beings play a larger role in extinctions that what might be obvious at first glance: examining extinctions of the past and present allows us to predict

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    Bioengineering, which, Bioengineering which is another word for de-extinction. So this brings along a controversial topic whether or not to bring extinct animals back into today's society. Some believe bringing extinct animals back into existence would increase genetic diversity and small populations, while others believe extinct animals should not be brought back into existence due to the dangers the future holds. Scientist should not de-extinct species because society doesn’t have the environment to sustain

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