A Mutilation of the Tree of Life via mass extinction We are in the sixth mass extinction event. Unlike the previous five, this one is on us.
The most recent warning is caused by the overgrowth of a single species, Homo sapiens. Although the episode is often viewed as an unusually fast evolutionary time loss of species, it is much more threatening, because, beyond that loss, it is causing rapid mutilation of the tree of life, where entire branches collections of species, genera, families, and so on and the functions they perform are being lost. It is changing the trajectory of evolution globally and destroying the conditions that make human life possible. It is an irreversible threat to the persistence of civilization and the livability of future environments for H. sapiens. Instant corrective actions are required.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2306987120
A "biological holocaust" of human-caused extinction "mutilates" the tree of life from 1500 and 2022, two orders, 10 families, and 71 genera of animals went extinct thanks to humans.
https://www.salon.com/2023/09/19/experts-warn-of-a-biological-holocaust…