The Sixth Mass Extinction Is Upon Us. Can Humans Survive? Published May 06, 2013 at 4:45 AM EDT Updated May 06, 2013 at 5:15 PM EDT.

Yes, humans are probably to blame for the Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, which is wiping out species at a rate 53 times greater than normal.

The potential sixth mass extinction carries significant economic implications. Biodiversity loss affects industries such as agriculture, fisheries, and tourism, which rely on healthy ecosystems.

Though humans are the drivers of this extinction, eventually the consequences will fall on us as well. Experts purport that biodiversity and ecosystem services are worth $145 trillion globally .

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study. "Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and ...

Now, we are living through an epoch that many scientists describe as the Sixth Extinction, and this time, human activity is the culprit. As one scientist put it: We're the asteroid.

Will Humans Survive the Sixth Great Extinction? Species are disappearing at an alarming rate, a new study finds. Author Elizabeth Kolbert says that raises questions about our survival.

Earth has experienced five mass extinction events over its 4.5 billion-year history. A sixth mass extinction is underway as a result of human-driven climate change.

The sixth extinction has the potential to be as deadly as the past five. While Cowie didn't conclude that we're unequivocally in a mass extinction, he said this is probably the beginning of one.

Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting our ambitions too low ...

Humans are killing off species thousands of times faster than nature creates them, new research finds. The modern rate of extinction across species is 1,000 times that of the background rate ...