> Mass extinction certainly isn't going to happen from global warming as we understand it today. I assume the parent is referring to the https://en.wikipedia.o

> Mass extinction certainly isn't going to happen from global warming as we understand it today. I assume the parent is referring to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction which is certainly happening, and has been for thousands of years. Climate change is a rather recent contributor, albeit a very serious one of which we've only glimpsed the beginning.