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Are we in a sixth mass extinction?

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September 29, 2016

Stanford University paleontologist Jon Payne explains in a 5-minute video what people mean when they say we’re on the brink of a sixth mass extinction.

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Bottom line: Video on Earth’s five mass extinctions, including possibility that we’re entering a sixth mass extinction event.

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Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.