S6 E9: 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Story of the Sixth Mass Extinction

Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. In the last 50 years we’ve lost more than 4,000 species that are vital to their habitats. These animals played an important role in the support of their ecosystems. Some were predators and some were prey, but they all had one natural enemy: Man. As humans grew in numbers, these animals were overhunted, exposed to pesticides, and driven into smaller and smaller habitats. The land was needed for the King of the Beasts. It’s 90 seconds to midnight, and our wildlife suffers under the heavy burden of human encroachment. From logging to drilling for oil, overdevelopment of wild lands to water diversion, animals are disappearing, never to be seen again. You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:[e-mail]. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Bats, Disease and the Environment Show Notes: Extinction Research: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/going-going-gone/what-causes-extinction https://www.livescience.com/60436-most-valuable-treasures-still-missing-lost.html https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/bearesa.htm https://www.fws.gov/species/grizzly-bear-ursus-arctos-horribilis https://www.endangered.org/animals/grizzly-bear/ https://hslf.org/blog/2023/02/no-time-strip-endangered-species-protections-grizzly-bears https://defenders.org/newsroom/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-announces-status-review-of-grizzly-bears https://www.britannica.com/list/titanosaurs-8-of-the-worlds-biggest-dinosaurs https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds https://www.huffpost.com/entry/11-extinct-animals_n_4078988 https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/extinction-crisis-puts-1-million-species-brink-2022-12-23/ https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/index.html https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100years/xerces-blue/ https://xerces.org/about-xerces https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/20/world/xerces-blue-butterfly-extinction-scn/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/science/this-butterfly-was-the-first-in-north-america-that-people-made-extinct.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/us/fenders-blue-butterfly-endangered-scn-trnd/index.html https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/g201/recently-extinct-animals-list/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_pop_d_bm_prog_org_us_g201&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_OlBhDhARIsAG2y6zMEgzdsX4G_B0hVaB5u1cYWZ6Jo8D3gg8-CjOfNV73XJriPBpv2KlUaAgt9EALw_wcB https://www.endangered.org/importance-of-the-endangered-species-act/#:~:text=Each%20species%20that%20is%20lost,air%2C%20water%2C%20or%20land. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/north-atlantic-right-whale https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/north-atlantic-right-whale/ https://action.ifaw.org/page/125964/action/1?cid=7013k000001He0e&ms=UONDC230426104&utm_term=&utm_campaign=cv_narw-petition_pmax_sol8&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&hsa_acc=9570516196&hsa_cam=19977023648&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_OlBhDhARIsAG2y6zOgJihwnUnucHKXzta3X9PiGrBGkLODoWMiYf3h6ZL11q_TKz_gFDkaAmt-EALw_wcB https://wwf.ca/species/north-atlantic-right-whales/ https://www.ifaw.org/animals/north-atlantic-right-whale https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/north-atlantic-right-whales/ https://www.mass.gov/doc/north-atlantic-right-whale/download https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/11/01/north-atlantic-right-whale-count/ https://nicholas.duke.edu/news/fewer-366-north-atlantic-right-whales-are-left-new-study-shows https://www.npr.org/2020/09/10/911500907/the-world-lost-two-thirds-of-its-wildlife-in-50-years-we-are-to-blame https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4783129/LPR/PDFs/ENGLISH-FULL.pdf https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/animal-extinct-biodiversity-2021/ https://a-z-animals.com/blog/extinct-animals-12-species-that-are-gone-forever/ https://themysteriousworld.com/animals-extinct-past-decade/ http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/media/Documents/International/Environmental-Systems-and-Societies-for-the-IB-Diploma-Revision-Guide-Answers.pdf?ext=.pdf https://www.dw.com/en/what-to-expect-from-the-worlds-sixth-mass-extinction/a-60360245 https://sites.google.com/a/westwood.k12.ma.us/mccarthy-science/home/challenge-problem https://www.zmescience.com/science/humans-kill-animals-31102018/ https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/12/9/20993619/biodiversity-crisis-extinction https://brundallpc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/files/2019/08/Broadsheet-177-June-2019.pdf https://biol420eres525.wordpress.com/2019/05/18/setting-up-conservation-efforts-for-success/ https://www.treehugger.com/animals-presume