The most unsettling thing about a mass extinction is that it does not
always feel apocalyptic while it is happening. It can begin as scattered
local losses — a forest gone quiet, a river emptied, a familiar animal no
longer seen — until, much later, the pattern resolves into something
planetary.
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The most unsettling feature of a mass extinction may be that it does not
feel like one from inside it. The five great extinctions in Earth’s history
are ...
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