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Environment & Energy

comradebillyboy

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2. There have been five major mass extinction events

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:40 AM

Aug 19

that I am aware of, the Permian being the most destructive. There is no reason to think there won't be more in the future. When the sun turns into a red giant in about five billion the Earth will be turned into a cinder yielding the ultimate extinction event.

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