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I find this one of the most depressing articles I've read for a long time. If the upper rate values are true, we're headed for an extinction event http://en.wi
by oskarpearson 12y ago
I find this one of the most depressing articles I've read for a long time.
If the upper rate values are true, we're headed for an extinction event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event on the level of the Triassic-Jurassic transition in within centuries (75% species loss)
Already 41% of amphibians face extinction.
- manachar 12y agoThe depressing part is how "invisible" this extinction rate is to most people. It's happening just slowly enough to barely register in people's memories.
- hoggle 12y agoImagine never hearing any birds chirping outside, something we had been witnessing here in Vienna - a silent but profound feeling of horror when I first realized it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usutu_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usutu_virus