Sentence examples for era of extinction from inspiring English sources

As someone once exclaimed to me "you don't notice species until you know they can have a name!" In an era of extinction, there are no greater priorities than to uncover our millions of cohabitants and to share our knowledge of these species.

We finish our complete coverage of "The Art of Beeing" with a 15 question interview with Louis, who tells us about his personal attachment to the animal world, the startling and gorgeous geography of the U.S., and which populations seemed most receptive to his message of the Earth's sixth era of extinction that we are currently engendering.

Since roughly the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, humanity has cleared more than one-quarter of Earth's forests, set off the world's sixth great era of extinctions — with losses occurring between 100 and 1000 times faster than the natural baseline — and pumped enough greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to warm the planet by more than one degree Fahrenheit.

Stanford's Paul Ehrlich warns that Earth has entered an era of mass extinction.

A 2015 study co-authored by Paul Ehrlich, professor emeritus of biology, and colleagues showed that Earth has entered an era of mass extinction unparalleled since the dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago.

In an era of mass extinction, rangelands are looked to as refugia, and 'the marginal lands that were previously the province of pastoralists are increasingly coming into focus as reserves of biodiversity' (Blench 2001).

In an era of mass extinction, bird collections will evidence lost species.

The strike may have been part of an asteroid impact cluster which caused an era of mass extinction, wiping out primitive coral reefs and other species, added Glikson, co-author of a study published in the journal Tectonophysics.

In an era of widespread extinction and invasion, understanding the functional role of native and introduced birds in ecological processes is increasingly important.

In an era of widespread extinction and invasion of island ecosystems, understanding the consequences of novel animal assemblages for processes like seed dispersal will be critical for maintaining diverse and self-regenerating plant communities.

Some environmental groups argue that vastly expanded listings are needed as evidence mounts that the world is entering an era of mass extinctions related to destruction of habitat, climate and other changes.