Extinction Quote by Elizabeth Kolbert

“In ordinary times—times here understood to mean whole geologic epochs—extinction takes place only very rarely, more rarely even than speciation, and it occurs at…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

The extinction rate is so huge now, we're to the stage where we've got to set up recombinant ecologies. There are no longer enough…

— Bill Mollison

“Over the past 400 years, the extinction rate for mammals appears to be between 17 percent and 377 percent faster than normal.”

— Anthony D. Barnosky

“Over the past 400 years, the extinction rate for mammals appears to be between 17 percent and 377 percent faster than normal. Now, add…

— Anthony D. Barnosky

“Today, amphibians enjoy the dubious distinction of being the world’s most endangered class of animals; it’s been calculated that the group’s extinction rate could…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

In the history of the world, all five mass extinctions have been accompanied by massive climate change, so we are facing an incredibly serious…

— Cameron Russell

It's hard not to be kind of pessimistic about human beings generally, because we do tend to mess things up. If you just look…

— Bill Bryson

“The First Wave Extinction, which accompanied the spread of the foragers, was followed by the Second Wave Extinction, which accompanied the spread of the…

— Yuval Noah Harari

For thousands of years it has been understood that, just as civilizations have to come to an end, there can even be times of…

— Peter Kingsley

“Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Recent studies funded by Britain’s Natural Environment Research Council provide support for those concerns. (Thomas, et al, 2004; Stevens, et al, 2004) While there…

— Bruce H. Lipton

It saddens me that in the 21st century, with all our knowledge and power, we are hearing more and more stories of possible extinctions…

— Gisele Bundchen