6th Mass Extinction

Holocene - Anthropocene Extinction

• ongoing
• Holocene era started after ice age
• anthropocene
  • started ➡️ mid 20^th C.E.
    • when human activities ➡️ started changing environment
• current Background Rate of Extinction ➡️ 100-1000 times faster
• 1^st Mass Extinction
  • where a species itself is responsible for it’s extinction & rest of the biodiversity