[HN Gopher] Earth might be experiencing 7th mass extinction, not...
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       Earth might be experiencing 7th mass extinction, not 6th
        
       Author : clouddrover
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-11-23 21:34 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (news.ucr.edu)
        
       | optimalsolver wrote:
       | So the sixth wasn't too bad?
        
         | ASalazarMX wrote:
         | > occurred 550 million years ago, during the Ediacaran period.
         | [..]
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         | > Although unclear whether this represents a true "mass
         | extinction," the percentage of organisms lost is similar to
         | these other events, including the current, ongoing one.
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         | > The researchers believe environmental changes are to blame
         | for the loss of approximately 80% of all Ediacaran creatures,
         | which were the first complex, multicellular life forms on the
         | planet.
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         | Pretty bad, but a very old extinction, and order of magnitude
         | older than the dinosaurs' extinction.
        
       | zapataband1 wrote:
       | any ideas on how to stop?
        
       | ImJasonH wrote:
       | Good news everyone!
        
       | zython wrote:
       | Buy 6, get one free.
        
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