“We are in the midst of the 6th largest extinction event in the history of the plant and the first caused by human action.” FirstsHumansActionEventsPlantClimate ChangeMidstExtinctionHuman Actions Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“Well lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than weve lost in the last 65 million years. If we dont find answers to these problems, were gonna be victims of this extinction event that were at fault for.” IfsYearsWellsProblemLastsLostLosesAnswersAnimalMillionsEventsVictimPlantFaultsSpeciesExtinctionPlants And Animals Author:Paul Watson
“An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I mean, this is called extinction.” MeanBigsEarthAliveEventsPercentSpeciesExtinctionAsteroidsBig Events Author:Rusty Schweickart
“We can't say that when x happens we get a mass extinction. To the extent we understand mass extinction, one has been caused by glaciation event, one has been caused by a massive climate change, and one has been caused by an asteroid. These events turn out to have no precedent.” Has BeensHappensTurnsEventsMassClimateClimate ChangeMassiveExtinctionPrecedentAsteroidsMass Extinction Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“To dismiss the current extinction wave on the grounds that extinctions are normal events is like ignoring a genocidal massacre on the grounds that every human is bound to die at some time anyway.” HumansDiesEventsNormalBoundsWaveCurrentsExtinctionMassacres Author:Jared Diamond
“If we return abruptly to a Miocene-like climate, it's reasonable to think that we would experience a lot of extinctions, and maybe even a mass extinction in the long term. Would the life on Earth be radically different? Of course we can't say for sure, but I think a lot of it would look familiar. Like a lot of people, I worry a lot about whether marine mammals would survive, especially whales. Ocean acidification is one of the major killers in climate change events, and that makes the ocean a very inhospitable place.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLongDifferentEarthCoursesTermWorryEventsReturnOceanMajorsMassClimateClimate ChangeFamiliarLong TermReasonableKillersMarineExtinctionWhalesMammalsMass ExtinctionOcean Acidification Author:Annalee Newitz
“Humanity is creating an extinction event that will make every war ever fought a footnote to history. We belong to the only generation in history that can turn this around - we're one step away from greatness or the biggest disaster since the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs.” WarHumanityTurnsStepsGenerationsEventsGreatnessCreatingDisasterExtinctionDinosaursFootnotesMeteors Author:Louie Psihoyos