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by makerofspoons 7y ago
The accelerating rate of extinction outlined in the latest UN biodiversity report, out last month: https://www.ipbes.net/news/Media-Release-Global-Assessment https://www.ipbes.net/news/Media-Release-Global-Assessment
- igravious 7y agoAgain. I'm not talking about species extinction or even the rate of species extinction. I'm asking for a citation for environmental collapse.
- makerofspoons 7y agoFinding such a citation depends on what you call an ecological collapse. In 2019 we have an environment where global indicators of ecosystem extent have declined by 47% from baseline. If the stock market lost 47% of its value in 150 years, it would be in a state of ongoing collapse. 85% of wetlands were lost between 1700 and 2000- I would certainly say that is an ecological collapse.