UhBell@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoI'm tired of the inequalitylemmy.worldimagemessage-square364fedilinkarrow-up11.52Karrow-down1149
arrow-up11.37Karrow-down1imageI'm tired of the inequalitylemmy.worldUhBell@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square364fedilink
minus-squarecyruseuros@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 years agoHold on, the link you posted says 10 to 100 times more than the natural background extinction rate. That’s very far from "any of the previous mass extinctions in the history of the Earth.
minus-square4ce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 years agoNo, it says 100 to 1,000 times higher than the background extinction rate both in the general intro and in the “Extinction rate” section, and 10 to 100 times higher than in any of the previous mass extinctions in the history of Earth in the “Extinction rate” section (both verbatim quotes from its first sentence).
minus-squarecyruseuros@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 years agoOh, dropped a digit. Should have just taken that nap I was gunning for. My mistake!
Hold on, the link you posted says 10 to 100 times more than the natural background extinction rate. That’s very far from "any of the previous mass extinctions in the history of the Earth.
No, it says
both in the general intro and in the “Extinction rate” section, and
in the “Extinction rate” section (both verbatim quotes from its first sentence).
Oh, dropped a digit. Should have just taken that nap I was gunning for. My mistake!