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Loss of Biodiversity The Operational God Waveform.

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1 Loss of Biodiversity The Operational God Waveform

2 The Threat Matrix

3 Freshwater environment is impacted the most

4 Recent Extinctions Auroch (1627) & Dodo (1662)
Stellar’s Sea Cow (1768) Mascarene Island Giant Tortoise (1795) South African Cape Lion (1858) Quagga (1883) Passenger Pigeon (1914) Tasmanian Wolf (1936) Bali Tiger (1937) / Javan Tiger (1976) Kaua’i ‘O’o (1987) Golden Toad (1989) Baiji White Dolphin (2006) Chinese Paddlefish (2007) Christmas Island Pipistrelle (2009) Vietnamese Rhinoceros (2010) Pinta Island Tortoise (2012)

5 By ? 50% of all species on the planet will be either endangered or extinct Habitat destruction Global Warming 25% mammalian species 15% bird species In The Future of Life (2002), E.O. Wilson of Harvard calculated that, if the current rate of human disruption of the biosphere continues, one-half of Earth's higher lifeforms will be extinct by *we have operationally become GOD


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