Extinction Is Forever - Biodiversity Is Collapsing

Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez discuss biodiversity loss and the fact that we, as an animal, are dependent on other animals to survive and thrive and how, in many complex ways, we are upsetting the balance of the ecosystems on which we depend. This video was recorded on July 26th, 2022, and published on July 31st, 2022. Some of the topics discussed: - The collapse of our biodiversity is bad news but that we can choose to look at this in a slightly different way by realizing that the actions of support that we do to prevent the loss of biodiversity today could have more beneficial impacts than ever before. - The fact that we are in the sixth mass extinction. - The insect apocalypse and how it was discovered, its magnitude, and its many causes. - The difficulty for plants and animals to adapt to the more extreme weather events and fluctuations caused by climate change. - This loss of biodiversity is not just a loss of species, but also a great loss in the number