Jesús Martínez Frías is an expert in Meteorites, Planetary Geology and Astrobiology , a researcher at the IGEO (CSIC-UCM) and Honorary Professor at UC3M. Member of the founding agreement of the CAB and president of REDESPA. He participates in NASA and ESA missions and is an ESA-PANGAEA astronaut instructor at the UNESCO Geopark in Lanzarote.
He was an expert on impacts in the ESF and ICSU and responsible for a report for the National Security of the Presidency of the Government. He was vice president of the UNCSTD and president of the IUGS-COGE. He currently chairs the IAGETH. He has published 11 books and more than 200 articles. It has two awards from NASA and 5 from ESA.
“We really don’t know if the sixth extinction is underway, but we do know that there is an extinction,” the expert told us. “The previous five great extinctions that have occurred in the history of our planet have been related to geological events, mainly volcanic, but for the first time we are facing an extinction to which we are contributing as human beings .”
How can we avoid possible extinctions?
I do not know whether to avoid them, but at least the part that corresponds to us. This extinction is not only due to climate change, but this change must be contextualized taking into account that the Earth is a whole and its components interact in a very complex way. What happens in the oceans has an impact on the atmosphere, what happens in the atmosphere has an impact on the biosphere … and right now we are affecting the atmosphere and all ecosystems ”.
Along with the presentation by Jesús Martínez Frías in Homo curiosus, the documentary Nature in danger has been screened.
‘Nature in danger’
Award-winning science journalist Jonathan McCrea meets with scientists from around the world whose groundbreaking and groundbreaking work is shaping the future. Since ancient times, human beings have not stopped reducing the number of species on the planet. We explore what future awaits us and find out if there is any hope for endangered animals.
