The Final Century

"If present trends continue, the result will be irreversible impoverishment of species. At the current rate, we will lose half the plant and animal species on Earth by the end of the century." -- E.O. Wilson, Salon Magazine, January 14, 2002

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The current crisis is called the Holocene Extinction. This event is the sixth major extinction in Earth's history; the other five all took place in early prehistory. It is expected to be much "deeper" than any of the earlier ones, with a greater percentage of species being lost. It also will happen much more quickly: whereas the "big five" occurred over thousands of years, this one will be mostly over by the end of the current century.

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