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Dev­as­tat­ing die-offs of am­phib­ians are a sign that a “mass ex­tinc­tion” is un­der­way on our plan­et—brought on by us, two sci­en­tists say.

“Many sci­en­tists ar­gue that we are ei­ther en­ter­ing or in the midst of [Earth’s] sixth great mass ex­tinc­tion,” wrote the re­search­ers in a pa­per pub­lished o