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Re:Up to one million species are on the verge of extinction,... by malvosenior on Monday May 06, 2019 @12:44PM (#19841130)
I don't know that this is true. Do previous ice ages not count? Or how about the plague? It seems that we've been near extinction at least a few times:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck

I'd also add that until the 1990s the threat of total nuclear annihilation of the human race (and probably other stuff) was very real. That was anxiety inducing.

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Re:Up to one million species are on the verge of extinction,... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Monday May 06, 2019 @12:57PM (#19841299)
I agree, and this time we have a lot more knowledge and tools for coping with ecological disasters.
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Re:Up to one million species are on the verge of extinction,... by kaybe on Monday May 06, 2019 @03:40PM (#19842985)
It would still be very much preferable to not have to do it.
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