{"id":34541,"date":"2022-01-03T13:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=34541"},"modified":"2022-01-03T13:49:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:49:18","slug":"end-of-the-world-warning-as-earth-enters-sixth-mass-extinction-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/end-of-the-world-warning-as-earth-enters-sixth-mass-extinction-event\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the world warning as Earth enters ‘sixth mass extinction event’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
To date, the Earth has had five mass extinction events, with the most famous one being the giant asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The devastation caused by the asteroid was historic, as 76 percent of the world’s species were wiped out by the asteroid impact and its subsequent after effects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, this event was not unprecedented in our blue planet\u2019s 4.5 billion year history, with two other more devastating near apocalypses occurring before it, with four others in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scientists believe that a sixth mass extinction event may be happening right now, and could occur in the form of large-scale natural disasters like volcanic eruptions and flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike previous events, this mass extinction event will not be caused by an asteroid from outer space, but rather by the environmental degradation caused by climate change.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scientists warn that disasters like flooding, drought and wildfires that are caused by climate change could do as much damage to our planet as a giant asteroid or massive volcanic eruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n