Yes, I believe that humans should be concerned with the extinction rate. Humans are the cause of things such as habitat destruction, hunting, pollution, disease, global warming, exploitation and urbanization which are all leading to the extinction of many species. Not all species are affected by all of these factors, but all species are affected by at least one. …show more content…
When I started writing this forum reply I was focused only on the extinction rates of animals. While looking for resources I found articles talking about extinction rates of insects and plants throughout the world and how that will affect us as well. “We are confronting an episode of species extinction greater than anything the world has experienced for the past 65 million years. Of all the global problems that confront us, this is the one that is moving the most rapidly and the one that will have the most serious consequences. And, unlike other global ecological problems, it is completely irreversible” (Raven, as cited, McCarthy, 1997). It wasn’t that I wasn’t aware