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Mass Extinctions and Modern Biodiversity: Are We Next?

Earth has faced more than one apocalypse before us. From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to mysterious die-offs that reshaped life hundreds of millions of years earlier, mass extinctions have been nature’s brutal reset button. Each time, entire ecosystems collapsed, and it took millions of years for biodiversity to recover. Now, scientists warn ...