02 October 2017

Earth May Be Close to 'Threshold of Catastrophe'

Earth May Be Close to 'Threshold of Catastrophe'


A new study reported by the Convention on Biological Diversity indicates that the amount of carbon dioxide that humans will have released into the atmosphere by 2100 may be enough to trigger a sixth mass extinction. The huge spike in CO2 levels over the past century may put the world dangerously close to a "threshold of catastrophe," after which environmental instability and mass die-offs become inevitable, the new mathematical analysis finds.


Read More: https://www.livescience.com/60578-sixth-mass-extinction-may-be-inevitable.html

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