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A comment on Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms (2013). Parent comment

Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by pohl on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:05PM (#35715952)
earth has likely never had as diverse an ecosystem as it has this millennium.

What about the millennium or two prior to that, though? Hundreds of species have gone extinct since around 1900.

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Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by medstrom on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:24PM (#35716251)
Heh, hundreds? On a low estimate, we lose 200 to 2,000 species every year now. Source https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/biodiversity/biodiv...
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