"Stuart Pimm, head of the conservation ecology at Duke University in North Carolina, said the study unnecessarily raises alarms ... Pimm believes the sixth mass extinction is just beginning, and not well on its way."

Ah well, I feel much better then.

Of course, since there are plenty of obtuse deniers, like Oklahoma Senator Inhofe and many in Trump's disgraceful administration, not to mention some commenters here, it will take some heavy lifting to reverse even a process "just beginning," not to mention the more likely one "well on its way."