Re:Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in asp...
by mandmandam on Sunday July 27, 2025 @05:00PM
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> are rapidly moving towards the sixth ones by all accounts
The scientific consensus isn't that we're "moving towards" a mass extinction. It's that we're deep into one, and accelerating.
"Current extinction rates are estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than natural background extinction rates [13][14][15][16][17] and are accelerating."
The scientific consensus isn't that we're "moving towards" a mass extinction. It's that we're deep into one, and accelerating.
"Current extinction rates are estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than natural background extinction rates [13][14][15][16][17] and are accelerating."
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction