What is Mass Extinction? Are we heading towards other extinction?
Climate change was at the root of some of the major extinction events of the past. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Presently environmentalists are concerned about the imbalance caused by human activity and industrial growth in the ecosystem, as it is slowly inundating the forest cover, thereby reducing considerably the area of natural habitat of animal and plant life. It is also affecting adversely the human community in general as it disturbs the natural cycles of critical materials such as water, oxygen, nitrogen or carbon dioxide. Biocide is occurring at an alarming rate. Experts say that at least half of the world’s current species will be completely gone by the end of the century. Wild plant-life is also disappearing. Most biologists say that we are in the midst of an anthropogenic mass extinction. Numerous scientific studies confirm that this phenomenon is real and happening right now. Should anyone really care? Will it impact individuals on a personal level? Scientists say, “Yes!” Are...