[stouset]

This would be incredibly insightful if only we didn’t know that the current rate of extinction is extremely high, and on par with (if not exceeding) that of other mass extinction periods in our planet’s history.

[myshpa]

> the current rate of extinction is extremely high, and on par with (if not exceeding) that of other mass extinction periods in our planet’s history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction

"The current rate of extinction of species is estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than natural background extinction rates, and is increasing"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-7...

Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals