Sixth Mass Extinction
Species are vanishing 100–1000x faster than background rates — the Anthropocene crisis
Extinction Metrics
Background rate
~0.1 E/MSY
Current rate
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Species lost (est.)
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Threatened species
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Previous mass extinctions:
End Ordovician (−443Ma)
Late Devonian (−372Ma)
End Permian (−252Ma) 96%
End Triassic (−201Ma)
K-Pg Asteroid (−66Ma) 75%
Threat Drivers
Habitat Loss
70%
Severity
7
Overexploitation
40%
Invasive Species
25%
Climate Change
20%
Pollution
15%