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The net change is massively negative for complex life, which is what most people care about. If we sacrificed 1000 species of bird in exchange for 10 million n
by margalabargala 3y ago
The net change is massively negative for complex life, which is what most people care about.
If we sacrificed 1000 species of bird in exchange for 10 million new species of bacteria, that's not a win.
Excluding single cell organisms, the number of species going extinct in a given year in any category outweigh newly discovered or born species by around 8x.