Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

Earth faces an unprecedented scale of species loss as the majority vanish at an alarming rate, a phenomenon known as mass extinction that has occurred at least five times in the past. While cataclysmic events such as supervolcanoes or asteroid impacts are traditionally blamed, some scientists warn that a human-made mass extinction could be looming. Is our planet in jeopardy, and is there anything we can do to prevent the next catastrophic wipeout? Experts traverse the globe, conducting groundbreaking scientific detective work to answer these critical questions.