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Palaeontologists recognize five major extinction events from the fossil record, with the most recent, the Cretaceous mass extinction, ending some 65 million years ago.
Given the many species known to have disappeared in the past few thousand years, some biologists suggest that a sixth such event is now under way.
Barnosky et al. set out to review the evidence for that claim, and conclude that the recent loss of species is dramatic and serious, but not yet in the mass extinction category - usually defined as a loss of at least 75% of Earth's species in a geologically short time frame.
But that said, there are clear indications that the loss of species now classed as 'critically endangered' would soon propel the world into its sixth mass extinction.
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What is the disappearance of a species from all part of an environment?
Is extinction the word you're looking for ?
What term describes development of new species and a mass extinction?
Evolution is the term that describes development of new species and mass extinction. Over time all living thing have evolved.
What happens during and after a mass extinction?
During: Lots of screaming. After: Much, much less screaming.
What event occurred about 250 million years ago and caused about 90 of the species living in the ocean to become extinct?
The Permian-Triassic mass extinction, aka "the Great Dying", the single most devastating mass extinction known.
What is it called when a high percentage of the species on earth dies off at a particular line?
This would be called a mass extinction or mass die off.This would be called a mass extinction.
What event occurred about 250 million years ago and caused about 90 percent of the species living in the ocean to become extinct?
The Permian-Triassic mass extinction, aka "the Great Dying", the single most devastating mass extinction known.
What is the name of the process in which groups of species die out?
A mass extinction.
What factors generally cause mass extinction?
The factors that generally cause mass extinction are changes in the natural ecosystem of the species. This may make it difficult for the species to reproduce and to stay alive.
When all the in individuals of a species have died what is it called?
The death of every member of a species is called extinction. When a large number of different species is dies out at the same time it is called mass extinction.
What term describe development of new species and mass extinction?
Macroevolution The development of a new species is called speciation.
The death of many species in a short time known as what?
Mass extinction.
Who benefits from mass extinction?
new species that formed to have more space
