Five times in the past, the Earth has been struck by cataclysmic events, ones so severe and swift they obliterated most living things before they ever had a chance to adapt. With the developing technologies and industries, humans now possess the ability to impact the Earth immensely. In the articles, “Numerous Signs Point to Parasite Mass Extinctions” by Tracy V. Wilson and “Mass Extinction and Biodiversity Loss” by David Hosansky, are concerned on this topic and explain how the Earth is on the brink of a sixth mass extinction. Both articles give explanations on ways extinctions are happening all around us and the main culprit isn’t a massive asteroid or volcanic explosions, it’s us. Above all, because of the different fields, the two articles certainly hold different motives, even though both articles address the same problem. Tracy V. Wilson, the author of the article “Numerous Signs Point to Mass Extinctions”, is the cite director of HowStuffWorks.com. HowStuffWorks is an American commercial educational website to provide its audience an insight into the way many things work. She spends
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He has numerous experience, one of which and most recent titles is as the manager of media relations for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. He is also an award-winning author in his writing of journalism. David takes a different approach into his article. He starts off by giving evidence of experiences with animals that have recently or are most likely going to go extinct in the near future. He receives help with this by adding in other experiences of leading experts in fields that deal close with the issue. Such as, Zoo biologist Edward J. Maruska, who recalls exploring the rain forest of Costa Rica in the late 1970s, where there used to be thousands of Golden Toads, but later tells how all the toads vanished by the next
He has numerous experience, one of which and most recent titles is as the manager of media relations for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. He is also an award-winning author in his writing of journalism. David takes a different approach into his article. He starts off by giving evidence of experiences with animals that have recently or are most likely going to go extinct in the near future. He receives help with this by adding in other experiences of leading experts in fields that deal close with the issue. Such as, Zoo biologist Edward J. Maruska, who recalls exploring the rain forest of Costa Rica in the late 1970s, where there used to be thousands of Golden Toads, but later tells how all the toads vanished by the next