▲ 274 ▼ Earth's sixth mass extinction is underway and "rapidly accelerating," study warns (www.axios.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments Earth's sixth mass extinction is already happening — and it is rapidly accelerating, researchers warned in a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.
[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) isn't it down to 10 billion? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The source I dug up while writing that comment said 10.9 billion, but since these are projections they vary a bit depending on the assumptions that go into them. The important underlying point is that the line eventually goes back down again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The source I dug up while writing that comment said 10.9 billion, but since these are projections they vary a bit depending on the assumptions that go into them. The important underlying point is that the line eventually goes back down again. permalink fedilink source parent