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by saagarjha 2467 days ago
Can they wipe out thousands of species?
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frutiger 2467 days ago
Yes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event
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MiyamotoAkira 2467 days ago
Wait, that says it took around 0.3 billion years, and when there was only single cell life, we have no clue about the biodiversity at that point in time. It cannot compare in time scale, and we have no clue if it can compare on biodiversity scale.
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