Extinction

We are currently in the midst of our sixth mass extinction. A bold statement, yes, but a true one nevertheless. There have been five previous mass extinctions, each having been triggered by an cataclysmic event, resulting in at least seventy-five percent of species going extinct. Though, this time around, the blame is being pointed elsewhere. Towards us. Are humans responsibly for the sixth mass extinction? Many seem to think so, including Harvard Biologist, E. O. Wilson, who has estimated around

Is De extinction worth pursuing? De-extinction is the process of combining incomplete genomes into one complete gene. Once that process is over, scientists will put that gene into an empty embryo to then give birth. This process could be used to bring back many extinct animals that could be very useful. De-extinction should be pursued because of its enviromental and technological benefits. De-extinction should be pursued because of its environmental benefits and its ability to solve some of our

In the book The Sixth Extinction written by Elizabeth Kolbert there are a lot of examples that are going on in the world today and also examples of things that started when the first human being was around. This book talks about how we are in the sixth mass extinction, and that is caused by humans. Overall the book goes chapter by chapter and talks about the different mass extinctions there have been, and how they were caused, but also the book talks about different species that have gone extinct

how what we are doing now will effect us later. As humans are routines in our lives can bring us harm, and within time a we may become the sixth extinction. I believe we threaten human existence as a species and it can eventually lead to destroying our own comfortable lives we have created for ourselves. In the beginning of the book “The Sixth Extinction” by Elizabeth Kolbert, she mentions a species of a frog that is going extinct because of a fungus that has been brought over by humans and has been

been five big mass extinction events, characterized as “periods in Earth's history when abnormally large numbers of species die out simultaneously or within a limited time frame.” (BBC) These events are cataclysmic enough to wipeout at least 50% of all organisms living during that period. The causes of mass extinction are many from the asteroids that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs to the volcanoes that choked out air to 96% of the organismic population during the Permian extinction, however one of

that survived the dinosaur extinction are believed to be what life on this planet is descended from. Aligators, crocodiles, lizards and snakes are among the reptiles that survived what dinosaurs couldn’t. Birds also survived, and are the only descendants of dinosaurs that survived the mass extinction other than lizards. Frogs and salamanders are among the few small amphibians that survived. Mammals also survived and they are the largest group to survive the extinction. Over 50% of the world’s population

earth, and settle amongst the branches once more. Picking decomposing bats off of the ground while amidst giant icicles, some with dead flittermice trapped half-within. Virginia Woolf’s “The Death of the Moth” and Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The Sixth Extinction?” both present the common theme of the death of animals. Specifically, they share the use of the presentation of the death of animals, and vivid imagery to accompany it. There are many differences between the two essays, especially regarding matters

From 1970 to 2006, about one-third of the vertebrae species of animals have been considered to be endangered of extinction (Generation Extinction). Nearly fifty percent of primates and thirty percent of amphibian species are already extinct or are endangered of becoming extinct. The Greater and Lesser Scaup duck species of ducks, from Canada, have plummeted from right around six million to about three and half million (Martin). There are many reasons why are disappearing in the rate that they are

The sixth mass extinction is on the way and could be as massive as the extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs (Kolbert, 2014). Before learning more about the sixth mass extinction, you’ll have to first understand what biodiversity is and what will happen when you tamper with it. According to Anup Shah, author of Why is Biodiversity Important? Who Cares, biodiversity means the variety of life on Earth or in an ecosystem. Every species plays an important role in the ecosystem or in the world, no matter

The mass extinction of the Dinosaurs has been a subject of interest and dispute for many scientists over the years. There are many different theories on what happened to them: did some planetary destruction happen, did they die out, were they wiped out, or was it the cause of something not of this planet. This question and this need to solve the mysteries of the world has continued to draw scientists in for the never-ending search for the answer. Scientists have worked tirelessly in an attempt