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Postcards from the 6th Mass Extinction
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“Postcards from the 6th Mass Extinction” “Losing the Vaquita in the Northern Gulf of California: What Would It Mean?” “The Incredible Shrinking World of the Polar Bear” “Bluefin Tunas and the Problem of Overfishing” “The Precarious State of the Monarch Butterfly” “The Orangutan Conservation Conundrum” “Understanding Functional Extinction” “The Demise of the Northern White Rhinoceros” “Amphibian Apocalypse” “Coronavirus Origins and Conservation”

Postcards from the 6th Mass Extinction: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • John P. Rafferty
    John P. Rafferty writes about Earth processes and the environment. He serves currently as the editor of Earth and life sciences, covering climatology, geology, zoology, and other topics that relate to the natural world.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Link added. Jun 01, 2023
Added the audio stories “Earth's Acidifying Oceans” and “Sea Turtles and the Coastal Squeeze.” May 14, 2021
Added the audio story “The Dark Side of the Plastic Age.” Nov 25, 2020
Added the audio story “Coronavirus Origins and Conservation.” Aug 27, 2020
Changed “more than 7.7 billion in 2019” to “more than 7.8 billion in 2020.” Aug 27, 2020
Added the audio program “Amphibian Apocalypse.” Jul 06, 2020
Corrected display issue. Apr 30, 2020
Added an illustration of the “Postcards from the 6th Mass Extinction” logo. Apr 24, 2020
Added the audio program “The Demise of the Northern White Rhinoceros.” Apr 21, 2020
Three parts of the Postcards series added. Jan 30, 2020
New article added. Sep 20, 2019
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