When will the next mass extinction occur? – Borths, D’Emic, and Pritchard

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About 66 million years ago, a terrible extinction event wiped out the dinosaurs. But it wasn’t the only event of this kind — extinctions of various severity have occurred throughout the Earth’s history — and are still happening all around us today. Borths, D’Emic, and Pritchard give a quick history of mass extinctions.

Lesson by Borths, D’Emic, and Pritchard, animation by Juliette Marchand.