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Re:Monarch butterfly populations in U.S. west are down an or... by tejohnso on Saturday December 01, 2018 @10:12PM (#18580585)
There's also this paper [1] describing "biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction". Should have made front page news everywhere.

[1]http://www.pnas.org/content/114/30/E6089

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Re:Monarch butterfly populations in U.S. west are down an or... by mirimir on Saturday December 01, 2018 @11:41PM (#18580841)
And it's (for now) being replaced by relatively simple cultivated ecosystems. Food crops, trees, and livestock (which I gather includes farmed fish).

Ultimately, if we can manage it without collapse, that's all that will remain. Plus us and pets, I mean. And various pathogens, parasites, and so on.

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