extinction
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"The project area-of-influence includes 27 terrestrial species already at threat of extinction."
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The world is currently in a sixth mass extinction event with species becoming extinct at 100 times the natural rate because of human activities, scientists say.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The researchers emphasized that favorable temperatures were probably only one reason crocodiles survived the mass extinction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Jon Rosenfield, science director of the nonprofit group San Francisco Baykeeper, called it “an extinction plan.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
It would be tragic to lose the elms, but it would be doubly tragic if, in vain efforts to save them, we plunge vast segments of our bird populations into the night of extinction.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
According to Catlos, establishing more precise dates for mass extinctions and other major events is essential for understanding how Earth has changed over time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
It leads the world in mammal extinctions, and medals when it comes to the loss of other species classes too.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Climate change, species extinctions, and widespread pollution are all linked to the ways human societies have expanded and intensified their use of natural resources.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Kevin said it was much more likely for extinctions to happen in localised areas, something that has already happened.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
But those hypothetical outcomes were foreclosed by mammal extinctions thousands of years earlier.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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