[HN Gopher] Earth might be experiencing 7th mass extinction, not... ___________________________________________________________________ Earth might be experiencing 7th mass extinction, not 6th Author : clouddrover Score : 22 points Date : 2022-11-23 21:34 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (news.ucr.edu) (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. | [..] | | > 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. | | > 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. | | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-11-23 23:00 UTC)