99 Percent Of The Earth’s Species Are Extinct

“If you were to list out every species that has ever existed on Earth—from the tiniest mold spore to the largest mammal—biologists estimate that somewhere around 99 percent of those species would currently be extinct.”
My dear friend Professor Guy McPherson in the video interview below mentioned the above incredible statistic!
I fact checked that assertion and its bang on, imagine that! source: 99 Percent Of The Species Are Extinct

The Carl Sagan quote “Extinction is the rule, survival is the exception” has always resonated with me.

Carl was warning about Climate Change in his 1985 appearance in front of the US congress.

Three years later Dr James E Hansen did the same in 1988!
How did Congress respond? Crickets.
We’ve more than doubled our emissions since those days.

I have previously interviewed Professor Paul Ehrlich on his book written in conjunction with Geraldo Ceballos, titled “The Annihilation of Nature.” That interview is embedded here:
They discuss the catastrophe in a new interview just released:
The subject of “Extinction Cascades” came up.
Professor McPherson and I interviewed Professor Cory Bradshaw on that topic on Nature Bats Last: Professor Corey Bradshaw explains the unfolding “Extinction Cascades”

Pedal to the metal, full speed ahead!

Woodcut by Nat Morley 2019
This is an absolutely fabulous documentary about The Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event.
” The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, the last major extinction event to hit earth took place approximately 66 million years ago. This cataclysmic event that wiped out 75% life on earth, including the dinosaurs. This documentary recalls the events of this major event in world history as it happened.”

About Kevin Hester

I'm an anti-imperialist, environmental activist and blue ocean sailor, who is passionate about the earth and all it's inhabitants without favour. Brace for imminent impact as we bare witness to the non-linear unraveling of the biosphere and habitability disappearing for most if not all complex life on the only habitable planet we know of. To quote President Niinistö in North Russia: ‘If We Lose the Arctic, We Lose the World’. Folks we have lost the Arctic.