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Death is inevitable for individuals and also for species. With help from the fossil record, paleontologists are piecing together what might make one creature more vulnerable than another.
Scientists believe since 2010 we have entered the sixth period of mass extinction. CO2 emissions will change the lives of plants and animals in the next three to four decades.
As much as one-third of animal species in the tropics could be eradicated if their habitats continue to be converted for monoculture farming. We can all do something to make a difference.
The planet has seen five ‘mass extinctions’ over the past half billion years, but each was followed by an explosion in biodiversity.
Biodiversity keeps declining despite lots of accumulated knowledge and numerous international and national commitments to act.
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Research Fellow Biodiversity and Science-Society Interactions, Iddri
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Professor, Northwest University, Xi'an
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Assistant lecturer, Monash University
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Professor in Geology, Institut Teknologi Bandung
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Lecturer in Geology, Institut Teknologi Bandung
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Professor of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor, Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Environment, Science & Society, King's College London
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Senior Lecturer, Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
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Professor of Entomology, University of Delaware
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PhD Candidate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
