Extinction event
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An extinction event (also known as a mass extinction or biotic crisis) is a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity on Earth. Such an event is identified by a sharp fall in the diversity and abundance of multicellular organisms. It occurs when the rate of extinction increases with respect to the background extinction rate.
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See also
- Bioevent
- Elvis taxon
- Endangered species
- Geologic time scale
- Global catastrophic risk
- Holocene extinction
- Human extinction
- Kačák Event
- Lazarus taxon
- List of impact craters on Earth
- List of largest volcanic eruptions
- List of possible impact structures on Earth
- Medea hypothesis
- Rare species
- Signor–Lipps effect
- Snowball Earth
- Speculative evolution
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (nonfiction book)
- Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene
- Quaternary extinction event
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