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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 10, 2019, 11:41 PM Jun 2019

Plant extinction 'bad news for all species'

Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years, according to a comprehensive new study.

The number is based on actual extinctions rather than estimates, and is twice that of all bird, mammal and amphibian extinctions combined.

Scientists say plant extinction is occurring up to 500 times faster than what would be expected naturally.

In May, a UN report estimated that one million animal and plant species were threatened with extinction.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48584515

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Plant extinction 'bad news for all species' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 OP
Sixth Mass Extinction continues on all fronts. democratisphere Jun 2019 #1

democratisphere

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1. Sixth Mass Extinction continues on all fronts.
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 12:37 AM
Jun 2019

Meanwhile, it is business as usual because too few take any of this seriously.

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