Previous episodes of mass extinctions were driven by natural disasters such as asteroids, but this one is driven by humans.
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Extinctions
Synonyms for "extinctions" (10 found)
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Noun(2 words)
annihilation of a speciesanthropogenic extinction
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Noun(5 words)
human caused extinctionhuman driven species lossmass die-offspecies losswidespread die-off
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12 entriesclimate change driven extinctioncoextinctioncretaceous extinctionfunctional extinctionhabitat loss driven extinctioninvasive species driven extinctionlate Devonian extinctionlocal extinctionmass extinctionordovician extinctionoverharvesting driven extinctionpermian extinction
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6 entriesanthropogenic extinctionsextinction eventextinction rateextinction riskmass extinctionrapid extinctions
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Invasive species are capable of causing extinctions of native plants and animals, reducing biodiversity, competing with native organisms for limited resources, and altering habitats. This can result in huge economic impacts and fundamental disruptions of coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems.
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Asteroids over ten kilometers wide could cause dinosaur-level mass extinctions and would be bad for the stock market.
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The global temperature then increased about five degrees Celsius, causing profound changes in the planet’s ecology, including mass extinctions.
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