Analysis Of The Sixth Mass Reflection Of Species

Earth’s children are entering a time where tragic events are rapidly advancing and are drawing very near. As this horror is being realized, bitterness and distastefulness fills this human mouth as we will be witness to the “modern human-induced,” sixth mass extinction of species. From Ceballos G, and his assessments Ehrlich PR, Barnosky AD, Garcia A, Pringle RM, and Palmer TM, they have strictly proven, through very narrowed, factual, precise data, that proves that the extinction rates are higher than before due to of human activity. He establishes his data referenced on being conservative to not be accused of exaggerating on human impact on Earth, and to show, no matter the difference in statistics, either side proves the sixth mass extinction

Here he establishes the unquestioned truth about a mass extinction underway. To further his credibility through his data, Ceballos uses numbers that cannot be questioned on whether or not he is exaggerating. “We ascertain whether even the lowest estimates of the difference between background and contemporary extinction rates still justify the conclusion that people are precipitating a global spasm of biodiversity loss.” He wants to show, through unbiased, thoughtful, and conservative data, and thus, has what convinced me that a sixth extinction can happen in the

After discussing the basis of an extinction being more loss of species more than before, Ceballos explains how much, humans have caused the loss. Normal rate of extinction is 0.1 to 1 E/MSYs, and now its 2 E/MSYs, as said before. Well, as just saying this, it shows that before humans, less than one species went extinct per so many of so many years and Homo sapiens made an impact, it is 2. He does not even stop there. Ceballos explains through usage of graphs, to show the difference in years of the amount of biodiversity loss there is. In Figure 1, of page 3 of 5, in 1500-1900, there was a small incline in cumulative extinctions as a percentage. Slightly higher than .40%, mammals have been extinct from 1500-1700 but in 1700-1900, more than .60% of mammals were going extinct. What does this have to do with today, well in 1900-recent times, the percentage of mammals have increased more than .70%. There are bountiful of graphs of data that show since humans have arrived and increased in numbers, the more resources are needed and this simply shows that the extinction of animals are increasing far more rapidly because of human activity. “Current rates vastly exceeded natural average background rates, even when (i) the background rate is considered to be double previous estimates and when (ii)