Earth entering new, major extinction phase. Man may be in the front of the line.

bowser — 6/22/2015 6:24:43 AM (archived)

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33209548

"The Earth has entered a new period of extinction, aSTUDY

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by three US universities has concluded, and humans could be among the first casualties.

"TheREPORT

, led by the universities of Stanford, Princeton and Berkeley, said vertebrates were disappearing at a rate 114 times faster than normal.

"The findings echo those in a report published by Duke University last year.

"One of the new study's authors said: "We are nowENTERING

the sixth great mass extinction event."

"The last such event was 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs were wiped out, in all likelihood by a large meteor hitting Earth."

Grim.

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Earth entering new, major extinction phase. Man may be in the front of the line. - bowser - 6/22/2015 6:24:43 AM
- Earth extinction - johannes - 6/25/2015 3:15:02 AM
  - EEEEEEEEAAAAAAWWWWWWWUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH! - ER - 6/25/2015 3:29:25 AM
    - EEAAWWUUGGHH - johannes - 6/27/2015 2:41:15 AM
      - Carnot efficiency. - ER - 6/27/2015 3:32:00 AM
        
        What creates heat in a nuclear reactor? - johannes - 6/27/2015 10:35:38 PM
        
        You're making this much more complicated than it needs to be. - ER - 6/27/2015 11:45:48 PM
        
        The difference between radioactivity and fission. - johannes - 6/29/2015 11:58:08 PM
- While we're on the subject, have you been keeping up with the weather lately? - hank - 6/24/2015 12:49:46 AM

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