I Wouldn't Worry About The Latest Mass Extinction Scare
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
You've seen it everywhere by now - Earth's sixth mass extinction: Is it almost here? and other articles discussing an article in Nature (471, 51–57 doi:10.1038/nature09678) claiming the end of the world is nigh. Hey, I like to live in important times. So do most people. And something so important it has only happened 5 times in 540 million years, well that is really special. But is it real? read more