6th mass extinction

The video animation is based on samples of various organisms (bones, fossils), rocks, coal shales with animal prints, fragments of wood, charcoal, water (with microorganisms), mud, and other materials I found on Spitzbergen during my stay at the AMUPS - Adam Mickiewicz University Polar Station „Petuniabukta”. The samples were analyzed in the isotope laboratory using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The resulting scans are used as source material in the animation. The seemingly animated images seem to create some nonexistent hybrid organism.

Species extinction is the complete and permanent disappearance of a species from Earth. It occurs when the last individual member of that species dies and the species can no longer reproduce.
This is a natural process that has occurred throughout Earth's history; however, the current rate of extinction is estimated to be 100 to 1,000 times higher than the natural background rate due to human activities. This accelerated loss of biodiversity is often referred to as the "sixth mass extinction" or the "Anthropocene extinction."