Reality vs. Politics: Climate Change & Mass Extinction

by Steven D

extinction [ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən]

1. the act of making extinct or the state of being extinct

2. the act of extinguishing or the state of being extinguished

3. complete destruction; annihilation

In the abstract, merely a word that describes the process or the state of complete eradication of some class of things or processes.  In biology, those things which can suffer from extinction are living organisms: that is, plants and animals.

We are currently living through a period of one of the greatest mass extinctions in history.  And the rate of extinction is the greatest in recorded history, thousands of times greater than at any time since the mass extinction event that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs.  

The title to this September 17th Reuters article, World examines "impossible" goal to halt extinctions is as ominous as it is blunt:

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The new 'Anthropocene Epoch' Means the Doom of Most Species on Earth

by RobertConnors

The 10,000+ years of the Holocene Epoch have ended abruptly, and a new Epoch is coming to dominate the Earth: that of the Anthropocene.

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On Human Extinction

by RobertConnors

The odds that humans will be completely extinct within 100 years are rapidly rising. The causes are complex, but mostly inter-related. We have started the process, and it will soon become irreversible, but only a relative handful of humanity is able to recognize the threat, and they are too few to effect a change of course. The result is that we are in for a very unpleasant future...

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