The extinction is not some future event, it’s happening right now. Earth has lost four-fifths of fresh water and 70% of wildlife populations in 50 years, and insects are going extinct at an even more alarming rate.

• https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/earth-has-lost-four-fifths-of-fresh-water-and-70-of-wildlife-populations-in-50-years
• https://www.axios.com/2023/09/22/earth-sixth-mass-extinction-wildlife
• https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html