The extinction vortex is the downward spiral that a species enters when its population becomes too small to sustain itself. Once numbers drop below a critical threshold, multiple pressures start reinforcing each other such as genetic inbreeding, habitat loss, disease, and human pressures. The smaller a population gets, the faster it collapses. #extinction #wildlife | CGTNEurope

We are in the midst of Earth's sixth mass extinction event, and unlike past events triggered by asteroids or volcanoes, this one is driven almost entirely by human activity. Scientists estimate that up to 58,000 of species are vanishing every single year – a rate hundreds, or even thousands, of times higher than the natural background extinction rate. The impact of this rapid biodiversity loss on our environment is absolutely devastating. Every species, no matter how small, plays a role in the i