Is the sixth extinction near?

A decade ago we could not suspect that this generation would be a witness to the beginning of the dissipation and decisive extermination of animal and plant species on the planet, including being part of what is emerging as extinction number 6 that is caused on earth , during previous millions of years there have been five. According to a study carried out by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT for its acronym in English), supported by current carbon emissions, the next great extinction would occur approximately 80 years from now, or around 2100. This it arose from how much carbon the oceans have absorbed by then.

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Climate change on the one hand as the main generator, man's indifference to this situation, the non-applicability of the codes of ethics created worldwide to curb global warming, would bring about this catastrophe that is already beginning and that the world observes only with some unitary voices without impact on society warning it. The Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of 20121 indicates that more than one million animal and plant species will be in danger of extinction during the coming decades, more than 34,500 species are in danger of extinction, 40% are amphibians, 34% conifers, 33% reef-building corals, 26% mammals, and 14% birds, among many others.

The main man responsible for climate change in his work for the earth, in his little care with the planet also adds another characteristic to these extinctions, the illegal hunting of animals such as the tiger, the elephant or the rhinoceros, the capture of turtles , coupled with the habitable environment that destroys the heat generated on the planet where genera such as chimpanzees, polar bears or pandas live. It would be so sad, embarrassing and even degrading that the human being saw the disappearance of species that have accompanied him all his life for millions of years, as is the case of whales.

The last great scientifically recorded extinction was the "Cretaceous-Paleogene", the one that led to the disappearance of 78% of the species, due to the great impact of a huge asteroid in the approaches that in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) putting an end to the so-called age of the dinosaurs, that happened approximately 66 million years ago. The periods of the great extinctions on earth have been shortening.

There are much faster and more shocking extinctions in life on the planet, empathy with others including animals and plants has been extinguished, it has been extinguished to look up to the sky but see the cosmos and its magnitude and reflect on how tiny we are , good music, poetry, authenticity is on the way to extinction, just for reflection.