US EditionEarth's 5 catastrophic mass extinctions, explained
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Saving our native species trickier than we thought
Comment: Life on Earth is undergoing a sixth mass extinction, with species disappearing at an unprecedented rate. Aotearoa is no exception. Since human arrival, over 60 species have vanished, and more than 75 percent of indigenous reptiles, birds, bats, and freshwater fish are either threatened with extinction or at risk of becoming so. Given New Zealanders’ strong support for conservation, this raises an uncomfortable question: Why are we still…
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WDC TV NewsEarth's 5 catastrophic mass extinctions, explained
While life on Earth does usually find a way, it is not without some intense past–and future–periods of mass death. Extinction is not exclusive to dinosaurs. Our planet has gone through at least five periods of mass extinction, with the planet likely in a sixth wave of mass extinction–this one, driven by humans. Ordovician-Silurian extinction: An Appalachian connection The formation of the Appalachian Mountains may have triggered massive global …
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