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Is the sixth Extinction Event already underway?

The sixth mass extinction in geological time is already underway, claim scientists

The sixth mass extinction in geological time is already underway, claim scientists after a new report on falling biodiversity in Britain. New insights into what happened when our planet froze solid over half a billion years ago to resemble "snowball Earth". Is Sedna, the newly discovered celestial body, a plantoid or a candidate for the title of 10th planet in our solar system? What people find attractive in a face or in a smell.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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