PaleontologybioRxivPreprint
Humans could become the greatest driver of biosphere net gain in Earth history, but we are currently the second fastest driver of biosphere loss
Thomas W. Wong Hearing, Mark A Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz…·Moriaki Yasuhara
The paper compares human impact on the biosphere to historical disruptors, finding humans are the second fastest driver of biosphere loss but uniquely capable of mitigating it.