Holocene extinction

massive extinction event during the current Holocene geological epoch
Event extinction_event Q796140
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Holocene extinction

Summary

Holocene extinction is an extinction event[1]. It draws 2,133 Wikipedia views per month (extinction_event category, ranking #3 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Holocene extinction's image is recorded as Panel of the hemione.jpg[3].
  • Holocene extinction's instance of is recorded as extinction event[4].
  • Holocene extinction's follows is recorded as Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction[5].
  • Holocene extinction's follows is recorded as Quaternary extinction event[6].
  • Holocene extinction's subclass of is recorded as Holocene[7].
  • Holocene extinction's subclass of is recorded as human impact on the environment[8].
  • Holocene extinction's Commons category is recorded as Holocene extinction[9].
  • Holocene extinction's start time is recorded as -10000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Holocene extinction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03pfk[11].
  • Holocene extinction's has cause is recorded as economic growth[12].
  • Holocene extinction's has cause is recorded as population growth[13].
  • Holocene extinction's has cause is recorded as overconsumption[14].
  • Holocene extinction's has cause is recorded as climate change[15].
  • Holocene extinction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Holocene extinctions[16].
  • Holocene extinction's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/science/holocene-extinction[17].
  • Holocene extinction's facet of is recorded as anthropocene[18].
  • Holocene extinction's facet of is recorded as Great Acceleration[19].
  • Holocene extinction's has contributing factor is recorded as environmental impacts of animal agriculture[20].
  • Holocene extinction's has contributing factor is recorded as deforestation[21].
  • Holocene extinction's has contributing factor is recorded as habitat destruction[22].
  • Holocene extinction's different from is recorded as Background extinction rate[23].
  • Holocene extinction's history of topic is recorded as timeline of Holocene extinctions[24].
  • Holocene extinction's Quora topic ID is recorded as Holocene-Extinction[25].
  • Holocene extinction's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[26].
  • Holocene extinction's Google News topics ID is recorded as CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRE53Wm1zU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Holocene extinction include Extinction Rebellion[28], a social movement[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 2018[31].

Why It Matters

Holocene extinction draws 2,133 Wikipedia views per month (extinction_event category, ranking #3 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include Extinction Rebellion[28], a social movement[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 2018[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ebsco.com. Retrieved . ebsco.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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