Around 540 million years ago, Earth's biosphere underwent a pivotal transformation, shifting from a microbe-dominated world ...

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Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

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The Earth has suffered five mass extinctions. Human activities are now accelerating climate change and the threat of the "Sixth Mass Extinction". We analyze the past to consider what we should do.