Re:Holocene Extinction
by throwphoton on Friday May 08, 2020 @10:44AM
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> We're the first species to potentially cause a global extinction event
There's evidence that cyanobacteria did it earlier, on an even more massive scale:
"...biologically induced molecular oxygen (dioxygen, O2) started to accumulate in Earth's atmosphere... causing almost all life on Earth to go extinct." [0]
There's evidence that cyanobacteria did it earlier, on an even more massive scale:
"...biologically induced molecular oxygen (dioxygen, O2) started to accumulate in Earth's atmosphere... causing almost all life on Earth to go extinct." [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event