Re:Prosperity comes at 'devastating' cost to nature
by taneq on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @07:39PM
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> It is apparent to me that no other species (ever) has been implicated in a mass extinction event.
Not for lack of trying. Usually another species or the limited size of its habitable area will stop a species before it has a global impact, but if you focus on smaller ecosystems, you get the typical rabbit-and-hare boom-and-bust cycle resulting in extinction of both fairly regularly.
Not for lack of trying. Usually another species or the limited size of its habitable area will stop a species before it has a global impact, but if you focus on smaller ecosystems, you get the typical rabbit-and-hare boom-and-bust cycle resulting in extinction of both fairly regularly.