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More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The destruction of the planet will not be halted under capitalism.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

guess we gonna have to reevaluate what killed the dinosaurs after all

[–] PlasticLove@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago

Da ice age

[–] Solano@piefed.social 5 points 9 months ago

I wonder if it's related to bug populations and pesticides.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 9 months ago

and most of them were killed by deforestation, fragmentation. followed by invasive species like cats, and rats. plus non-native pradators like snakes and invasive birds carrying diseases.