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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by ekianjo on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:48AM (#29565843)
> And I'm not making any predictions, just observations.

Claiming we are in the middle of a mass extinction event is a prediction, not an observation. It will become an observation when you have actually seen billions of species disappear over time. You don't extrapolate an extinction based on trends over dozens of years (especially on mostly imperfect data).

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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by throwawaylinux on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @04:44PM (#29571993)
No I'm talking about actual observations. I'm not going to nitpick about semantics with you no this. Extinction rates are 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than normal, which is not sustainable.
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