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We're in 6th Major Extinction
• We are in the midst of the Sixth Great Extinction, an event characterized by the loss of between 17,000 and 100,000 species each year.
• The last mass extinction, around 65 million years ago, wiped out the dinosaurs.
• It is estimated that half of all plants, animals and birds on the planet will die off before 2100.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/03/28/the-sixth-great-extinction-a-silent-extermination/
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