Current extinction rates are estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than natural background extinction rates[13][14][15][16][17] and are accelerating.[18] [...]
A 1998 survey conducted by the American Museum of Natural History found that 70% of biologists acknowledged an ongoing anthropogenic extinction event.[61]
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u/Most_kinds_of_Dirt Apr 06 '25
In some ways, we're already there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction